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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Gathering at Qarabagh, Afghanistan
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:01:14 -0500 (CDT)
References: <A995FE2C-8D6B-4763-A75B-54594862E915@mac.com>

An impressive group of men, very well portrayed.   Did women make the  
meal?


On Jun 4, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Hugh Thompson wrote:

> Last Thursday ....... Thursday and Friday being the weekend in  
> Afghanistan, I was invited to a country property in Qarabagh, a  
> rural area some 35 kilometers north of Kabul.  I was surrounded by  
> people of great character, who were brimming with hospitality and  
> open affection.  The main attraction was a professional group of  
> musicians, they played older songs that people sang and danced  
> along with, they also played a special song for me.  This is how  
> Afghan men enjoy themselves.
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> Hope you enjoy the journey, photographed in very difficult lighting  
> conditions, at the top of a four storey house, with windows on all  
> sides.
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/ 
> SAM_0790.jpg.html>
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/ 
> SAM_0793.jpg.html>
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> < http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/ 
> SAM_0835.jpg.html>
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/ 
> SAM_0830.jpg.html>
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/ 
> SAM_0797.jpg.html>
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/ 
> SAM_0822.jpg.html>
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/ 
> SAM_0855.jpg.html>
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/ 
> SAM_0856.jpg.html>
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/2011stuff/ 
> SAM_0862.jpg.html>
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> Thank you for looking, any comments will be gratefully  
> received ....... Hugh
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> "Pakistan, Afghanistan & South Asia"
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> hewthompson at mac.com
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