Thanks Juan. How true. And it's interesting that the kitchen is frequently the center of life for every culture. It's where the family comes together and takes their nourishment, so I guess it's natural that we gravitate toward the source of our food. Of course at one time it was the only room in the house that was warm on winter days. Paul
> Hi Paul, > > Sorry for the late comment. > > I really liked this picture, for all the reasons other people already > stated. But also, because of how it shows how similar people are to > each other, regardless of place and time. With small variations in > skin tone, maybe in the kind of bread on the table, etc, I can imagine > very similar scenes anywhere in the world. From culture to culture we > are, contrary to what first impressions (and sometimes our > politicians) would lead us to believe, more similar than we are > different. > > Thanks for posting it. > > j > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:35:47 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I shot this in Sweden 25 years ago with a Fuji 801 and a Vivitar 20/3.5 > > lens. > (Wish I had a better wide angle at that time.) The two men in the photo are > my > uncle Olle and my great uncle Einar. This was the first time I met them. The > location is the kitchen of the farmhouse where my father was born in 1906. > Olle > and Einar were talking when I walked in. They didn't see me, so I was able to > get a candid photo. It was on tri-x. Scanned from the negative quite > recently. > It's here: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1789579&size=lg > > > > > > > -- > Juan Buhler > http://www.jbuhler.com > blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog >
