Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i hate to jump on this bandwagon, BUT if the book's dedicated to salgado, it might be best to spell "salgado" correctly in the dedication itself. On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 12:50 PM, Chandos Michael Brown wrote: > The "edited" (using the term lightly) version is here: > > > http://www.derekzeanah.com/temp/Postcards_of_an_Existentialist.pdf > > Chandos Michael Brown > History and American Studies > College of William and Mary > www.wm.edu/cas/asp/faculty/brown > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Phong > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 11:26 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] FS: Photo books and prints by Albert Wang, first > three copies for free. > > Now that someone else other than B.D. spoke :-), > I am curious. Where can one see this "work" on > the web ? > > - Phong > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve >> LeHuray >> I agree B.D. >> >> His "craft" is easily the worst I have seen in a long time. >> >> The really pathetic part is labeling himself an "Existentialist" I > always >> thought critics and reviewers did that. >> >> >> sl >> >> >>> Okay, enough is a bleeping nuff! It's time to point out that the > bleeping >>> Emperor is stark raving naked - and more than a bit mad! >>> >>> What is the theory here - call yourself a photographer - or, in this > case, a >>> "street photographer/documentary photographer" and you ARE one? Drop > a load >>> of crap off at Kinkos for printing and you are a PUBLISHED > photographer? >>> >>> Over the past year or two numerous people on this and other lists > have >>> looked at Alfie's work and tried to offer him constructive > criticism. And he >>> has ignored all of it - which would be fine if he exhibited one > scintilla of >>> talent or originality and was developing a unique style and vision. >>> >>> But he hasn't, and he isn't... >>> >>> The idea that someone would hold himself out as a "photographer" > whose work >>> is worth of collecting - with an autograph for God's sake?! - while > offering >>> this kind of crap - and I use the word advisedly - to the world is > truly >>> appalling. >>> >>> I know that there will be those of you who will say that I am being > mean >>> spirited, nasty, or any number of other things. What I am being is > honest. >>> >>> What Alfie is doing is demeaning and insulting to all of us who have > spent >>> years working at our craft - whether as hobbyists or professionals - > honing >>> our skills to the point where we can honestly say, "I am a > photographer." >>> >>> Please, for the sake of your own integrity as photographers, do not > continue >>> to humor him and play along with this insulting nonsense. >>> >>> B. D. Colen >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Albert > Wang >>> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 9:23 AM >>> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>> Subject: [Leica] FS: Photo books and prints by Albert Wang, first > three >>> copies for free. >>> >>> >>> For sale: >>> >>> 1) Postcards of an Existentialist Paperback Monograph >>> >>> Postcards of an Existentialist, despite its title isn't a French >>> existentialist treatise but in terms of its outlook of life > influenced by >>> Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre, Eugene Richards, Eric Dolphy, and > Ornette >>> Coleman. It is a personal two-year (2001-2) diary about one man's > coming to >>> terms with his own depression and loneliness as he returns from > graduate >>> school back to the city where he moved away from. It's a dour yet > ironic and >>> bitterly humorous portrait of Philadelphia (w/ a few shots of New > York City) >>> and it's a stark contrast to any of the daintily pretty pictures we > tend to >>> see of the Liberty Bell or Independence Hall. Instead, what we have > here is >>> a brutally honest photo-journal of a documentary take of the > photographer >>> being viewed with suspicion and distrust or ignorance. It's a visual >>> illustration of the quote from Cool Hand Luke: "What we have here is > a >>> failure to communicate." >>> >>> The 107 page book is printed in halftone with plastic covers. The > dimension >>> of the book is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. >>> >>> Cost of the book: $30 plus $10 shipping and handling. >>> >>> 2) Complete set of all 96 prints done by the photographer himself > and signed >>> on verso. The only size I can print at is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. > The >>> prints are sleeved in an archival quality Itoya binder. The person > has a >>> choice of options as follows: >>> >>> a) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on > Epson >>> Archival Matte Paper (192 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder. >>> >>> Cost of the set of prints: $150 plus $20 shipping and handling and >>> insurance. >>> >>> b) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on >>> Hahnemuhle Photo Matte Paper (170 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder. >>> >>> Cost of the set of prints: $300 plus $20 shipping and handling and >>> insurance. >>> >>> c) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on >>> Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 188 (188 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder. >>> >>> Cost of the set of prints: $500 plus $20 shipping and handling and >>> insurance. >>> >>> d) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on >>> Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 (308 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder. >>> >>> Cost of the set of prints: $600 plus $20 shipping and handling and >>> insurance. >>> >>> I am willing to consider other papers (except glossy) such as Legion > Photo >>> Matte on special request but at present, this is what is being > offered. >>> >>> 3) A choice of 96 prints done by the photographer himself and signed > on >>> verso. The only size I can print at is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. The > prints >>> are unmatted and will be shipped with a matte board of 11 inches by > 14 >>> inches. The person has a choice of options as follows: >>> >>> a) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted print on Epson > Archival >>> Matte Paper (192 gsm). >>> >>> Cost of the prints: $10 plus $5 shipping and handling and insurance. >>> >>> b) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted print on > Hahnemuhle >>> Photo Matte Paper (170 gsm). >>> >>> Cost of the set of prints: $20 plus $5 shipping and handling and > insurance. >>> >>> c) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted print on > Hahnemuhle >>> Photo Rag 188 (188 gsm). >>> >>> Cost of the set of prints: $40 plus $5 shipping and handling and > insurance. >>> >>> d) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted prints on > Hahnemuhle >>> Photo Rag 308 (308 gsm). >>> >>> Cost of the set of prints: $50 plus $5 shipping and handling and > insurance. >>> >>> I am willing to consider other papers (except glossy) such as Legion > Photo >>> Matte on special request but at present, this is what is being > offered. >>> >>> When ordering prints, use a description of the picture which is > shown in >>> either the book or the CD-ROM. >>> >>> 4) The complete book on CD-ROM in Abode Acrobat pdf format. >>> >>> Plain non-archival quality CD-ROM without a sleeve which a person > can use >>> the catalog to order prints. >>> >>> Cost of the non-archival catalog: $.50 plus $4 shipping and > handling. >>> >>> For more information or to order please contact Albert Wang at >>> leica_phile@hotmail.com accordingly. Thanks again for your > consideration. >>> >>> Albert "Alfie" Wang >>> Freelance Street/Documentary Photographer >>> 1122 Brill St. >>> Philadelphia PA 19124 >>> leica_phile@hotmail.com >>> (215) 668-1809 >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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 > > - -- brad daly bwdaly@bigfatpipe.net http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly/paw.html "There's no way drugs can affect music in a negative way." --Brian Wilson "I pledge allegiance to Queen Frag and her mighty state of hysteria." --Calvin and Hobbes "War, what is it good for? It's good for business." --Billy Bragg - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html