Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My mother-in-law, Ada (right, with pencil) translating at the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1946. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/6468086051/in/photostream> Background: Just before she finished University in Kiev, Ada was essentially drafted to serve as a translator/interpreter for Ukraine's delegation to UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) at a conference on postwar reconstruction. She thought she was going for a couple of weeks. It turned out she was abroad for a year, and worked in Geneva, Paris and New York. Once back in the USSR, she was not permitted to travel abroad again until the family emigrated to the U.S. in 1979. Scanned from an 18x24.5 cm print. Camera unknown. I've done a bit of curve adjustment, burning in the flare at right, and repair of the worst spots and scratches. Believe me, the irony of my retouching a Soviet photograph is not lost on me :-) --Peter