Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't think he was little, but they were huge....Roger's someone we don't often hear about, but he did some amazing work. There was a big book of his work that came out from Phaidon in 1994, the subtitle of which was "The Photographic Journey of George Roger," but I don't remember the title. On 3/17/06 11:59 AM, "bruce" <bruce@ralgo.nl> wrote: > B.D., I was trying to find a photo of George Roger, to see if he was > a little man looking-up to the Nubas ...................... but no > immediate luck! Do you have something, at work? > > However, I came-across this: > > http://www.photolondon.org.uk/essay/photo_essay.pdf > > which should intrigue the Brits. and Colonials .............. if > nobody else! > > B. > > On 17-mrt-2006, at 17:28, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> Good Lord! Taller than the Watusies or some of the Nuba people of >> the Sudan, >> first photographed by George Roger, one of the Magnum co-founders? >> >> >> On 3/16/06 6:42 PM, "GREG LORENZO" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >>> Rick Dykstra <rdcb37@dodo.com.au> writes in part: >>>> >>>> Its an interesting thing that, that the Dutch are the tallest >>>> race in >>>> the world. I suppose that's natural selection for you, in a country >>>> that's muchly 6 foot below sea level, that the average height is a >>>> >>>> little over 6 foot. :-) >>>> >>> >>> Rick, >>> >>> I believe the people of Crete are the tallest people, as a group, >>> in Europe. >>> In North America, it is the Peigan Tribe, who are Blackfoot. These >>> two peoples >>> were the tallest people in the world at one time. Not long ago at >>> that. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information