Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear LUG, I took Daniel's suggestion and went along to the NPG. The exhibition, though small, is absolutely fascinating. If you are over here while it is running (until end October) and looking for a way to spend an hour or two in London then I recommend it to you. For the record Freya Stark's Leica is a III, serial number 230857. It was bought in Berlin in 1933, although according to the Hove book it is a IIIa made in 1936-37 (also as such on Cameraquest list). It appears to be mounting a 3.5 50mm Elmar; although the lighting and position etc such as to make it difficult to get the serial number. The camera is exhibited with its ERC, which let's say shows sign of wear ;-). Peter Dzwig Daniel Ridings wrote: > There's an interesting exhibit going on now: > > "Off the beaten track: three centuries of women travellers" > > http://www.npg.org.uk/live/offtrack.asp > > I can't find it on the web, but it even includes either Gertrude Bell's or > Freya Stark's Leica (southern Yemen, other mid-east travels). > > "Well known twentieth-century women travellers, Gertrude Bell and Freya > Stark, both travelled in the Middle East and Arabia. Both were superb > travel writers and took photographs. Freya Stark's images of southern > Yemen are displayed in the exhibition and are particularly beautiful. > Bell lived in Baghdad, founding the Museum there, having been closely > involved in the political and geographical decisions that created the > modern state of Iraq. In the previous century, Jane Digby also chose to > live in the Middle East. After a stormy divorce and many love affairs she > found her final husband in Syria, a Bedouin Sheikh young enough to be her > son, and joined his tribe in the deserts around the ruined city of > Palmyra, shown here in one of her watercolours." > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >