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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Sochi (really!)
From: nwajsman at gmail.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 07:36:19 +0100
References: <52FDB5E4.5020106@threshinc.com>

Great to see the flashback. Reminds me of seaside resorts in Poland in the 
1960s, minus the palm trees of course. The only reason Putin chose Sochi and 
bribed the IOC to agree is that it is close to the Caucasus and he wanted to 
make a political statement. For that reason, I am not watching a single 
minute of this charade. Pox on Russia.

BTW--do you know the story of how Katya's father "acquired" the Leica? I 
don't suppose he walked into Dom Foto in Cologne and bought it ;-)

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/

YNWA









On Feb 14, 2014, at 7:21 AM, Peter Klein wrote:

> Here's a topical Throwback Thursday.  The site of the current winter 
> Olympics is actually a sub-tropical resort.  Katya visited there with her 
> father when she was about 15.  These pictures were taken with a 
> screw-mount Leica.  Katya's father acquired one during his Russian army 
> service during WWII.
> 
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/12514623085/>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/12514738343/>
> 
> Katya did not see any pictures of Brezhnev bare-chested, riding bareback, 
> or on the back of a bear.
> 
> --Peter
> 
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