April 2009 Portraits

[Tim Meisburger]

I don't think Mennonites are polygamous. You are thinking of Mormons, who used to be polygamous. I doubt either religious group throws people off bridges very often.

[Mark Sawyer]

The Mennonites, like the Amish, are best known for their abstinance from modern technology. Thank heavens we don't have anyone like that on this forum!

[sgelb]

dude these are sweet images. do you know rare that scene is? any jackass can take a picture of a train.. not everyone can get an image of real people and make it look "real" in terms of period.. pretty sweet images man.

I was waiting for a train and along come Mennonites..

Sinar P 480mm 8.4 Symmar right swing, 8x10" Tmax400 scan negs

added: in the last picture your seeing ( in case image is to small) is a female Mennonite taking a digital photograph of a woman holding a small child and the father smiling from ear to ear... I asked them kindly If I could photograph and they asked me if I wanted them to pose.. I said,"please just continue about you business ... They soon forgot I was there. The father did pose with his child for one shot but I was so nervous the shutter wasn't coked and no film was exposed

oh, by the way, they asked me if I was video taping and I told them,"no just an old camera. Victorian technoligy, they sorta smiled like this

[Steve M Hostetter]

dude these are sweet images. do you know rare that scene is? any jackass can take a picture of a train.. not everyone can get an image of real people and make it look "real" in terms of period.. pretty sweet images man.

Thank you sgel,, I realized right off this was a special encounter and I did savor the moment.. I did have my mind on a train but was able to switch gears ,, some Amish don't like their photos taken. They tend to believe that it steals part of ones soul.
When I seen the camera hanging from the ladies neck my first question was," are you Mennonite"?
He said yes and I told him my name is connected to Mennonite's and he told me his name was Grober..

[Allen in Montreal]

That first frame is really nice!!

I was waiting for a train and along come Mennonites........

oh, by the way, they asked me if I was video taping and I told them,"no just an old camera. Victorian technoligy, they sorta smiled like this