Re: [Leica] $12 buys a camera....Kyle, Are you serious???

[Jeffrey Peterlin <peterlinj@yahoo.com>]

Leica-H, AKA, Holga.

Someday they will understand your humor Kyle.

Jeffrey
Boston, MA

http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leica-h/



- --- Bill <m6rf@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Kyle,
> 
> This is a joke, right?
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, the Leica H story was a
> spoof, and such
> a camera does not exits.
> 
> If by some chance it is for real, 120 film and
> processing is
> expensive, much more so than 35mm film.
> 
> If the camera retails for $14.95, where can I buy
> one?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bill
> 
>
................................................................
> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:07:11 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com>
> Subject: [Leica] $12 buys a camera, a print, and
> great personal
> satisfaction
> 
> Hey Lugnutz,
>   Remember when Tina posted a while ago about The
> Children's
> Photography
> Project of Guatemala? Nancy McGirr teaches
> photography to
> underprivilaged
> children and was looking for donations. Well, the
> gears have been
> moving
> in the background and freestylesalesco has offered
> to sell the
> project a
> bunch of the famed leica-h models for $11 each. 
> 
>   Tina and I are having a print sale to raise money
> for cameras. So
> here's 
> the scoop. You send me a paltry $12, in return you
> get an 8x10 print
> and a
> child in guatemala gets a camera.
> 
>   Do you remember the person who gave you your first
> camera and
> showed you
> how to use it? Think of that person and open your
> wallet just a tiny
> bit
> to spread some of that same joy around.
> 
>   We're talking the price of a lenscap or processing
> for a single
> roll of 
> film. You can't get an origional print for that
> anywhere. Let alone
> the
> satisfaction of having done something very good. The
> gift of a camera
> is
> much more than a physical object, it is an outlet
> for creativity, it
> stays
> with a person forever and can change a life -- it
> has certianly
> changed
> ALL of ours. To top it off, a print made from a
> camera that you
> bought for
> someone might be touring a gallery near you.
> 
>   Tina's prints are signed inkjets of the Lenica
> Church Service seen
> in
> the LUG's April contest, Faith. My prints are pearl
> finish RC copies
> of
> the West Philly Neighborhood shot seen in the March
> contest. I'll
> sign it
> if you want. There are 10 prints of Tina's shot and
> an unlimited
> number of
> mine. Please contact me _off list_ and specify which
> print you'd
> like.
> Once Tina's run out, you won't have an option. If
> you would like to
> donate
> MORE than $12, that's great, if you would like to
> donate something
> else,
> that's great too. One thing we are looking for is to
> book venues for
> a
> traveling exhibition. If you know a gallery, wall,
> coffee shop, etc.
> let
> me know.
> 
>   You can read more about Nancy McGirr's project
> here:
> 
>
http://www.oneworld.org/media/gallery/guatemala/1.html
> 
>   You can read more about the Leica-H here:
> 
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leica-h/
> 
>   Nancy McGirr has published a book of her student's
> photos, it's
> available on Amazon for $19, all proceeds go to the
> Project. The book
> is
> entitled Out Of The Dump.
> 
>   Thanks for your time. Seriously for once,
> 
>   Kyle
> 
> 
> 
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