Wonderful photograph. I have, and still use, a Retina.
--Bob
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I photographed this Montagnard Village Chief in a jungle mountain village near the Tripod-border area of South Vietnam, Laos, & Cambodia in 1967. His facial expresion can be summed up in the word "Puissant". I was serving in the Special Forces at the time. My camera was a Kodak Retina II. It had no light meter, No zoom; I had to guess at f-stop and speed exposures. It was a bellows type camera. Folded up it fit perfectly for me to carry in one of my four ammunitions pouches. I have added photos of camera which I still have and it even has some Jungle mold attached.
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Don't know what ZZZZZZ means but I married a girl from Hinsdale, a Suburb of Chicago.
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Don't know what ZZZZZZ means but I married a girl from Hinsdale, a Suburb of Chicago.
Often used to denote being bored into going to sleep. Apparently doesn't like my saying "Thanks for your Service" to you.
Well I earned the right to say that, and you earned the right to have me say it to you, one veteran to another. I wonder where KankRat was in 66-69?
Well some areas in Chicago will get you qualified as a combat vet. But probably not a suburb we never heard of.
Rightstuff wrote:
I photographed this Montagnard Village Chief in a jungle mountain village near the Tripod-border area of South Vietnam, Laos, & Cambodia in 1967. His facial expresion can be summed up in the word "Puissant". I was serving in the Special Forces at the time. My camera was a Kodak Retina II. It had no light meter, No zoom; I had to guess at f-stop and speed exposures. It was a bellows type camera. Folded up it fit perfectly for me to carry in one of my four ammunitions pouches. I have added photos of camera which I still have and it even has some Jungle mold attached.
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Amazing character! Thanks for sharing!
I'm sorry you think that.
Chuck
Steven
Loc: So. Milwaukee, WI.
Rightstuff wrote:
I photographed this Montagnard Village Chief in a jungle mountain village near the Tripod-border area of South Vietnam, Laos, & Cambodia in 1967. His facial expresion can be summed up in the word "Puissant". I was serving in the Special Forces at the time. My camera was a Kodak Retina II. It had no light meter, No zoom; I had to guess at f-stop and speed exposures. It was a bellows type camera. Folded up it fit perfectly for me to carry in one of my four ammunitions pouches. I have added photos of camera which I still have and it even has some Jungle mold attached.
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Great pictures - welcome home brother.
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Often used to denote being bored into going to sleep. Apparently doesn't like my saying "Thanks for your Service" to you.
Well I earned the right to say that, and you earned the right to have me say it to you, one veteran to another. I wonder where KankRat was in 66-69?
Well some areas in Chicago will get you qualified as a combat vet. But probably not a suburb we never heard of.
It’s not because of “thanks for your service. It’s because you pretty much dismissed the photo and seized the opportunity capture the stage for yourself.
Great portrait. These were (are) tough people whjo went through a lot of crap!
Recently I posted a photo of a Montagnard Village Chief and received thoughtful and complimentary replies from those on this site. Because of your encouragement I am now posting another Village Chief from a different village (a village along the Cambodian border of what was South Vietnam (closest to Son Be if a town were to be mentioned, which is almost directly west of Saigon). What has become apparent is the quality of the photos taken long ago with such a camera. Again this photo was taken with my 35 mm foldable Bellows viewfinder Kodak Retina II Camera as I explained previously (photo of camera attached to previous initial post). The importance of the folding camera situation has to do with my ability to carry it in my ammo pouch--I could not carry a better or later model camera such as a Nikon F which was available for purchase at the time (1967) because of bulk--I was in the Special Forces and I was carrying out a combat mission in which real bullets were being fired not just shutters. I was working with the II Corp Mike Force out of Pleiku at the time.
Upon entering this Chief's Village the Chief came to me because he suffered from a medical problem, a cystocele of his testicle. I have a photo of the Cystocele-testicle but because of the nature of the photo I am reticent to post it unless the administrator of this site reviews it first and then allows me to post. I recognize that this is a general photography site not a medical photography site. I have been interested in photography since I was 12 years old, in the Boy Scouts. Again I would appreciate any criticism and thoughts regarding the Photo and if appreciated I have other interesting, at least to me, such photos from my warrior days.
Rightstuff wrote:
Recently I posted a photo of a Montagnard Village Chief and received thoughtful and complimentary replies from those on this site. Because of your encouragement I am now posting another Village Chief from a different village (a village along the Cambodian border of what was South Vietnam (closest to Son Be if a town were to be mentioned, which is almost directly west of Saigon). What has become apparent is the quality of the photos taken long ago with such a camera. Again this photo was taken with my 35 mm foldable Bellows viewfinder Kodak Retina II Camera as I explained previously (photo of camera attached to previous initial post). The importance of the folding camera situation has to do with my ability to carry it in my ammo pouch--I could not carry a better or later model camera such as a Nikon F which was available for purchase at the time (1967) because of bulk--I was in the Special Forces and I was carrying out a combat mission in which real bullets were being fired not just shutters. I was working with the II Corp Mike Force out of Pleiku at the time.
Upon entering this Chief's Village the Chief came to me because he suffered from a medical problem, a cystocele of his testicle. I have a photo of the Cystocele-testicle but because of the nature of the photo I am reticent to post it unless the administrator of this site reviews it first and then allows me to post. I recognize that this is a general photography site not a medical photography site. I have been interested in photography since I was 12 years old, in the Boy Scouts. Again I would appreciate any criticism and thoughts regarding the Photo and if appreciated I have other interesting, at least to me, such photos from my warrior days.
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Very Interesting.
I take it you have a fairly large collection of photos from your time in country*. Maybe you can put together some photo essays of various things. I would be interested to see them.
*When I came home from 2 years in Nam I had nearly 3000 negatives and slides that I culled to aprx 600.
Wish I had been interested in photography back then. 64/65 Saigon. Could have had some very interesting pictures. Please keep posting. Very good images. Thank you.
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