Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/20

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Subject: [Leica] Re; Greece - Parthenon
From: lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:11:33 -0400
 
Two views of the Parthenon in 1965. Note the rubble lying about and the lack
of any guards or caretakers. Gawkers were free to wander about, pick up
stones, carve initials into rocks, and otherwise show that they were there.
Bad for the monument but far more satisfying to the tourists than the overly
regimented controls imposed on most ancient sites these days. The pictures
were taken with a very tired pre-WWII Leica IIIC with an uncoated lens. The
color film has yellowed with time.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Parthenon+in+1965.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Parthenon+2+in+1965_001.jpg.html

More later.

Larry Z