I find that story very affecting, Nathan, although I know that there will be
many others involving families split or devastated by the war or the Nazi
occupations.
All 3 portraits are very effective. Sharpness is over-rated – when it comes to
people and their skin :-)
Chris
> On 1 Dec 2015, at 20:53, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Anyway, yesterday I had meetings at the OECD in Paris which required me to
> travel there on Sunday, and thanks to the French TGV it takes only 50 minutes
> to travel from Gare Montparnasse in Paris to Le Mans, so I spend Sunday night
> visiting Joseph. While I have seen him on various occasions here in Alicante
> or in Brussels in recent years, I had not been to Le Mans for 10 years or so.
> So it was nice to spend a quiet evening talking with him, and also having
> dinner with his daughter (so my cousin) Isabelle who lives just 100 meters
> away. Of course I took pictures:
>
> A portrait of Joseph in a pensive mood:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-pxv9nwz/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-pxv9nwz/A>
>
> At his desk in his home office (explanation in the caption):
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-9vTh6DD/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-9vTh6DD/A>
>
> Isabelle:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-gRq72bT/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-gRq72bT/A>
>
> The portrait of Isabelle is technically deficient, but I still like it as it
> portrays her personality very well.
>
> Cheers,
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