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Subject: [Leica] A Leica camera for Korean patriots
From: summarex at hotmail.com (Javier Perez)
Date: Tue Aug 16 22:24:08 2005

I'm sure it will sell very well in Japan.
Javier


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>Just happened to be reading the Korean Joong Ang Daily this morning and I
>come upon this item:
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>http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200508/16/200508162245581709900090609062.html
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>The hand print is interesting I wonder if the finger is missing or just a
>slight misprint.
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>""An Jung-geun camera" to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Korea's
>liberation from Japan's colonial rule.
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>I guess if it was Germans colonial whatever you'd get a Japanese camera to
>celebrate that.
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>Actually Korean culture has sure hit me like a brick this year. I saw a
>Korean flick this week, rented it and have seen about one every month or so
>for about a year now. Their film industry has been cranking out several
>"hits" with international appeal and certainly on an international level
>which is amazing considering the competition and how big their industry
>would have to be. Or how little.  I could go there, the landscape and all
>the rest (people) seen pretty nice to me.
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>I'd heard that the Japanese idea of beauty is Korean. That the supermodels
>in Japan are mostly Koreans. Come to think of it I worked with a Korean
>model (American), Marla, back in the early 90's. I'm drawing a blank on
>other Asian models I'd worked with in the past. But think Asian beauty is
>right up there.
>Not dead yet. (me)
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>Mark Rabiner
>Photography
>Portland Oregon
>http://rabinergroup.com/
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