Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/29

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Subject: [Leica] war paint portraits
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Nov 29 13:21:22 2007
References: <4268A9826B9DBE4D938B902A6BC80308265A46@exchange8.asc.local>

On Nov 29, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> i'm very happy with this one
>
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/warpaint/temp/jeremy.jpg



that is one very thought provoking photograph Kyle...Steve


>
>
> the simple magic of a softbox -- really.
>
>
> "Between my two deployments I did my back piece -- a large tribal
> phoenix -- it was a difficult time frame for me -- I felt very  
> displaced
> coming back from my second tour -- reality was so much better there --
> the sun came up, you woke up, you did your work for the day -- there
> wasn't so much ... clutter, or distractions -- once you did your work,
> the sun goes down, you go to sleep and you get up the next day and  
> do it
> all over again.
>
> Coming back here, the lights, the sounds, were so much more intense.  
> So
> many more factors that are bombarding you all of a sudden -- I felt  
> out
> of place and was dealing with some difficult times -- one of the  
> reasons
> I wanted to get a phoenix was because of it's deep, meaning --
> internationally, with many cultures -- the idea of rebirth...."
>
> Sgt. Jeremy Willett, USMC
>
>
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