[Leica] IMG: Smile for your photo!

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

Despair and a lot of courage in this woman's eyes. Interesting contrast 
between the sophisticated dress she's wearing vs. the rather plain clothes 
of the boys.Jean-Michel
 > Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 13:27:36 -0400
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> PESO:
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/image/144439760
> 
> The Guatemalan Civil War lasted from 1960 to 1996 and was still going
> strong in the mountains when we were there.  For many years we held clinics
> in three villages in the northwestern highlands - Acal, Granadillo, and
> Bella Vista.  The men in those villages had all been rounded up and killed
> and the women raped.  The villages were only women and children.  The
> widows refer to their children as "gifts from God".
> 
> C&C greatly appreciated.  Velvia was probably not the best choice, but it's
> what I had!
> 
> Tina
> 
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> Tina Manley, ASMP
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