Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful environmental portraits Mary. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jun 12, 2010, at 9:46 PM, Marty Deveney wrote: > Thalita Tjindjo is a senior among the Herero living in Mondesa. She > greeted us in Herero dress adapted from early colonial influence: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/ > img863a.jpg.html > The Herero are part of the same ethnic group as the Himba, that I > showed a photo of a while back > (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/ > img227a.jpg.html) > but in the early 20th century some Herero modernised while others did > not. The divide remains today. > > Oma Lena is the Chief of the Damara living in Mondesa. She was born > under German colonial rule and lived through British and South African > control of South-West Africa before Namibia's independence in 1990. > This is her with part of her huge extended family: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Namibia/ > img861a.jpg.html > > Leica MP, Hexanon 50/2, Tri-X, yellow filter for the first, no filter > for the second. > > Comments etc appreciated. > > Marty > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information