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Title: Kazuyoshi Nomachi article fact check
Post by: Zathras on April 24, 2019, 10:13:55 pm

Wonder photos by Kazuyoshi Nomachi, but I need to point out he was not the first outsider to photograph the Haj. I almost had that honor myself when I was friends with man who was born in the mosque of the prophet, and whose grandfather was the Haj minister decades ago. But he couldn't swing it. I won't convert.

But to my point, Thomas J. Abercrome was the first photographer I know of who photographed the Haj long ago (the 1960s I believe). He has a wonderful photo of the crowd circling around the Kabba in a long exposure. Wonderful stuff too.

Title: Re: Kazuyoshi Nomachi article fact check
Post by: JeffS on April 25, 2019, 09:33:29 am

Thomas J Abercrombie, apparently in 1966 article...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Abercrombie
Jeff