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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Gathering at Qarabagh, Afghanistan
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 21:22:56 +0200
References: <A995FE2C-8D6B-4763-A75B-54594862E915@mac.com>

The pictures are good, Hugh. But an immediate question comes to mind: do 
Afghan women ever enjoy themselves? They are very invisible in your pictures 
(not by choice, I assume).

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA







On Jun 4, 2011, at 8:38 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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