Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/04

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Shanghai Father
From: phongdoan at gmail.com (Phong)
Date: Wed Apr 4 18:08:45 2007
References: <7.0.1.0.2.20070404120352.026d7de0@comporium.net> <94557D2B-D5CE-4BDC-80CE-F85DA3E225AD@mindspring.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20070404124812.025b7118@comporium.net> <D1AEE985-44B5-4AD1-9071-E41FE71412ED@mindspring.com>

When I first came to the US, I lived in Army barracks that were used as
refugee processing centers.
For some reasons, there were quite a few native Americans among the military
staff in those
refugee camps.  I thought they were Asians, for sure.

- Phong



On 4/4/07, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> The first time it really hit me was about 15 years ago. I was doing a
> story with a reporter. We came to a house to meet someone for an
> interview and were greeted through a screen door by a lady who spoke
> no English.
>
> At the same moment, our source drove up. After we headed back to the
> office, we found that one of us thought the woman at the door was
> Asian and the other thought Central/South American.
>
> I guess there's also the South Pacific boat theory.
>
> Ric
>
>
> On Apr 4, 2007, at 12:50 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
> > At 12:25 PM 4/4/2007, you wrote:
> >> Tina--
> >>
> >> How much have you been struck by the similarity of your subjects in
> >> Central America and Asia? I don't mean in your choices, but in them.
> >>
> >> ric
> >
> > I think there is a definite link somehow.  Across the Bering
> > Strait?  I had a photo of a Guatemalan woman on the screen and my
> > husband walked in and wanted to know where in China I had taken
> > it.  Especially the indigenous people of Honduras and Guatemala
> > tend to look very Asian.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
> > http://www.tinamanley.com
> >
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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMG: Shanghai Father)
Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] IMG: Shanghai Father)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMG: Shanghai Father)
Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] IMG: Shanghai Father)