Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/11

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Subject: [Leica] Was: Wurst, Now PHC's photo
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Wed Jan 11 10:57:12 2006
References: <200601101431.AA176554128@cshore.com> <p06230901bfe9f2ec0136@10.4.1.157> <43C4F43C.3090203@gmx.de> <5c3dab240601110937m746d56d3u@mail.gmail.com> <BE3B13F0-193F-425C-A41D-AD6D42068911@mac.com> <5c3dab240601111045s623bfc0cy@mail.gmail.com>

Paul--

I can feel what you are talking about by looking at the photo. Well  
done. I think this is one that words add to what you see.

Thanks.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies


On Jan 11, 2006, at 1:45 PM, <paulhardycarter@gmail.com> wrote:

> No particular story about those individuals, Ken, but the place is
> certainly evocative. Firstly, the Market Caf? is only a few metres
> from the spot in the main market in Sarajevo where a mortar round fell
> in 1994 killing 68 people. They had been trying to buy food in the
> besieged city, of which there was very little.
>
> I took this picture ten years later, almost a decade after the Dayton
> agreement ended hostilities, but Sarajevo is still a very depressed
> place. The unemployment rate is very high, many buildings are still
> wrecked or covered in shrapnel marks, including the Holiday Inn. The
> city is still ringed by minefields. The only people who have any money
> to spend are the "Internationals", the UN contractors and others whose
> big white 4x4s are everywhere.
>
> Add to this the fact that most people in Sarajevo became heartily sick
> of being photographed like the subjects of a lab experiment while they
> scuttled through their city trying to avoid sniper fire. Photographed
> by foreigners interested only in furthering their own careers.
>
> So when I walked into this caf?, full of people but no-one with a
> drink in front of them because they couldn't afford it, with cameras
> around my neck, obviously a foreigner, I felt pretty uneasy. When I
> look at this picture I can remember why!
>
> I should add that I have never felt unwelcome in Sarajevo at all. Far
> from it, the people are very friendly, and justly very proud of their
> city. It is an extraordinary place that I could talk about for hours.
>
> P.
>
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>
> On 11/01/06, Kenneth Frazier <kennybod@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Paul, this is not about Friesengeist, but about one of the shots on
>> your site, and I keep forgetting to mention it.
>>
>> It's the "Market Cafe, Sarajevo" shot, the one with the three men
>> sitting at table, looking at the camera.  Every time I view that
>> photo, I become uneasy.
>>
>> And, I wonder: Is there a story behind that shot?  You can reply
>> offlist, if you like.
>>
>> Ken
>
>
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In reply to: Message from dnygr at cshore.com (dnygr) ([Leica] re: St. Pauli, beyond Curry Wurst)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] From Curry Wurst to Matjes)
Message from paulhardycarter at gmail.com (paulhardycarter@gmail.com) ([Leica] From Curry Wurst to Matjes)
Message from kennybod at mac.com (Kenneth Frazier) ([Leica] Was: Wurst, Now PHC's photo)
Message from paulhardycarter at gmail.com (paulhardycarter@gmail.com) ([Leica] Was: Wurst, Now PHC's photo)