On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bruce, > > Some cool photos there!
Thanks! > It took me some effort to figure out who Zingari was, but I was not able > to figure out in which photos she is with your wife. This one: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152330827254948&l=4b72112c08 I believe that's also most of her family. L-R: her husband, my wife, Zingari, her daughter. > It took some googling to figure out the reference "on Queen". > (For those who are curious: http://www.steamonqueen.ca/ ) > > Thanks to this gallery, I've also figured out the proper terminology > (steampunk) for the outfit stile I've seen (and photographed) many times > (especially the goggles and similar accessories), but never related to > the term (or the term to the style). Do you like SF genre fiction? The grandfather book for the whole steampunk thing is probably Bruce Sterling & William Gibson's The Difference Engine. Worth checking out. > Igor > > PS. This old gallery from the Gypsy House Party (Blues/Swing/... dance > event in Dallas) has some outfits of a similar style at the top and > on the second page: > http://42graphy.org/swing/gypsyhouse-2011/dance/ Yes, definitely a strong steampunk vibe there. Victoriana and gadgets. Top hats, corsets, strange optical instruments and rayguns. All in fun of course. > > > Tue Mar 18 09:36:28 EDT 2014 > Bruce Walker wrote: > >> Here are some snaps from the Steampunk vendors and diversions event >> that I attended on Sunday ... >> >> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152330823584948.1073741832.555699947&type=1&l=86043c78e6 >> >> Wearing a semblance of appropriate attire myself I felt much more >> comfortable mingling and shooting candidly. I seemed to be accepted as >> "one of us". But one thing about Steampunkers and cosplayers is they >> sure ain't camera shy. The Flamenco-Steampunk fusion dancer Z.ngari >> cheerfully insisted on posing with my wife. >> >> Apologies for the Facebook presentation, but it's expedient. > >> -- >> -bmw >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
