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These are awesome memories. Thank you for posting them here, Guth.
Europe in the 90s as seen through my lens
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Guth
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I suspect that those individuals living here must deal with their fair share of snow each year — and it's likely worth it.
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I believe that I encountered this gentleman somewhere in Austria. I took his slight smile as him being okay with me capturing him with my camera.
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Another view of the Matterhorn while hiking outside of Zermatt.
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Somewhere in London. It's a shame that I can't remember more.
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A scene found just outside of Orvieto, Italy.
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Fans of Jim Morrison visiting his grave in the Père-Lachaise cemetery located in Paris.
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Farm life. I believe this was in Switzerland.
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Inside the Orsay Museum, Paris.
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I was very hesitant taking photos of strangers. But this woman in Orvieto, Italy was a real sweatheart and was happy to pose for me.
agentlossing
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Stunning view, with the light on the sheep balancing the image. Really great series so far!
Guth
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Good memory — thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for the clarification. The one memory from that day that truly stands out in my mind was riding in the aerial tram from Chamonix up and back down — neither me or my buddy Bill were at all fond of it! Something that neither of us would admit to one another until later that night over beers as we looked back on the day. It did not help that they left the rusting carcass of the previous tram structure up on the mountainside, which managed to look rather ominous.
While up there above Chamonix we encountered a number of paragliders and I managed to capture some of them on film:
More to come...
Guth
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Thanks for the kind words all. My slides look so much better than what I seem to be capable of capturing with the process I am using. I was disappointed enough that I almost decided not to share. But I suppose that not every image needs to be perfect to provide some value. I'm glad that some of you are enjoying these scans.
DownUnder
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Switzerland, as I so vividly recall it from my visits in the late '60s and again in 1980.
Some things almost never change. I'm now too old for all that travel (I live in Australia), but the memories endure.
Many thanks, OP. Marvellous images. Kodachrome had it all going for it, but we lost it. Huh.
Some things almost never change. I'm now too old for all that travel (I live in Australia), but the memories endure.
Many thanks, OP. Marvellous images. Kodachrome had it all going for it, but we lost it. Huh.
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Guth
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But at least you were fortunate enough to visit at some point in your life. There are countless others who never get such a chance, which is a shame as I think the world would be a better place overall if more people were able to travel. I'm very grateful for any traveling that I have done in my lifetime. Yet I don't doubt that I would have benefitted from even more.
As for Kodachrome, to be honest I really didn't know any better. I used it because it was what I was most familiar with. But in my 2nd trip to Europe I believe I used Fujichrome Velvia exclusively (images to come later in this thread).
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Motorists making their way about Paris on a dismal day as viewed from the Arc de Triomphe.
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A random Paris scene.
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Trying to bring a bit of order to the traffic in Paris.
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Telecom service vehicles as seen in what I belive is Genoa, Italy.