Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD - my thoughts exactly - although the wife of two weeks was his new girlfriend in my version. R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 9:21 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Weekly Submission > On the other hand, the man on the right could be an AA member who has left > his besotted gang of friends on the left, and is standing thinking, 'Damn! > Can't those jerks ever have fun without getting smashed?' as he waits for > his gorgeous wife of two weeks, whom he adores madly, to come pick him up. > > No Noir.:-) > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Bohner > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 3:02 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Weekly Submission > > > Re Bill Clough's PAW > http://www.leica-gallery.net/wccjr/image-30920.html > I like the image just as it is as it turns the imagination free. > > Obviously the man on the right is depressed and a bit drunk. > He is staring at a reflection in the water at his feet. > It is of a half dressed woman combing her hair in the window > of the 2nd floor apartment across the street. > Her inverted image has started him thinking of his youth in > Amsterdam as a photographer's assistant lugging a > view camera to the more notorious districts of the city. > Little did he know then, he would become a serious Leica addict, > spending his meager pension on folding lens hoods for ancient > elmarits and eating his cat's food. > The people to the left are laughing, sharing an digital camera's > image of their party in the restaurant they have just left. > Yes, film noir, it is. > > John B > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html