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Subject: [Leica] Iran
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:25:10 -0400
References: <CA+yJO1BPejb69HOP2nxR-WBxU6EL+a+UXNpM3gKJ8vger_5nhA@mail.gmail.com> <448cac49-efde-4e0a-b5dd-411a05c994a8@summaventures.com>

Thank you, Peter, for looking and commenting.  That is exactly the kind of
help I need!!  I'm working on the photos you mentioned today.  It's really
hard to find duplicates in so many photos so I appreciate all the help I
can get!

The reason the EXIF shows my 5D is because at the time I was using the
Canon to make in-camera dupes of the film using my slide duplicator.  I
think those "scans" are also the reason for the out-of-focus areas in the
film that was not held absolutely flat.  At the time I was having problems
with the software for my Nikon scanner and it was just easier to use the
camera.  Someday I'll get around to rescanning those with an actual scanner
but right now the film is stored in boxes that are hard to get to.

The Quashqai women and men in this family all had those spectacular green
eyes. The girl ran when I tried to take her photo but it was only to go and
put on more eye make-up!

175721439 - The red circle shows the house where we lived.  It was in a
compound built for the people who worked at the aluminum and steel plants
in Arak.  There were people there from all over the world, especially
Russia.

Thanks again for commenting.  I really appreciate it!!

Tina



On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 7:22?AM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
wrote:

> Tina,
>
> Done it! Been through the whole lot!!
>
> They are an amazing collection and a valuable ethnographic collection. I
> remember Ted saying something to the effect that you don't realize what
> you've photographed sometimes until you look at it years later.
>
> There are one or two that I think - to use your term - are "mistakes"
> (though they aren't at all mistakes). I hope the comments below are
> constructive.
>
> 175721599 - "Iranian Village": the bottom right hand corner is blurred.
> I wondered if it was the trees moving in wind, but I don't think so.
>
> 175721525 - "Brick Masons": The version at 17521502 which is labelled as
> "Construction Workers" is the same guys. FWIW I prefer that one.
>
> 175721439 - is the circle where you were staying? Just curious!
>
> 175721440 - Something is wrong on the bottom quarter of the image,
> particular towards the right. Ditto 175721441. At first I thought it
> might be smoke from the fires, but...
>
> Just as note: some M3 shots have exif data attached. The data labels the
> images as from an EOS 5D. In 197x! :-) I haven't checked them all, but I
> noted it on a few that I was particularly interested in.
>
> Are all Quashqai women nomad's eyes frequently that green? It reminds me
> of Steve McCurry's famous shot of the Afghan Girl as it was known then.
> But she was/is Pashtu.
>
> A simply fascinating set. Wonderful!
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> On 21/08/2025 14:13, Tina Manley via LUG wrote:
> > LUG -
> >
> > I have been editing the photos I took in Iran in the 1970's and am
> finally
> > about finished.  I've started a website on PBase with the edited photos -
> > 16,155 photos edited down to 452.
> >
> > I'm sure there are mistakes.  I'm looking.  I've had fun going back
> through
> > these 50-year-old photos!  All of the film is either Kodachrome or Tri-X.
> >
> > https://pbase.com/tinamanley/iran&page=all
> >
> > Please look, too, and let me know what you think.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Tina
> >
>
> --
> Dr. Peter Dzwig
>
>
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In reply to: Message from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Iran)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] Iran)