Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It has now been more than twenty years since the fall of the Soviet Union, yet only a few of the states that emerged from the old Soviet empire are free and democratic today. The three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), and possibly Armenia and Georgia. The rest are still authoritarian states, and a few, such as Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, are now less free than they were under communism. Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov was the Communist boss of Uzbekistan in the last years of the Soviet system, and since independence he's brought back medieval punishments, like boiling people alive! -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 2/15/14 3:43 PM, "Jim Shulman" <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: >For a minute I thought someone was demonstrating Kiev cameras. Unlike the >cameras, I hope this demonstration works. >On Feb 15, 2014 3:29 PM, "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > >> As you may have heard, Ukraine is in crisis, with the main square of >>Kiev >> occupied by demonstrators. A flickr friend of mine is there, and has >>been >> posting some pretty amazing pictures of the goings-on. >> >> This one is of a journalist who is covering the crisis with a >>conventional >> DSLR with telephoto, a Fuji X-Pro1, and what looks like a Speed Graphic! >> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/estabrook/12540699383/> >> >> The entire series can be seen on his photostream: >> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/estabrook/with/12541007393/> >> >> --Peter >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information