[Leica] Lee friedlander loves me!!!

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Or he could just be using what he finds works best for him...;-) I've
never seen a Hexar RF or Cosina ad featuring Friedlander...

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
buzz.hausner@verizon.net
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:06 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] Lee friedlander loves me!!!


Of course, he could be on their payroll...

       Buzz

> 
> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> Date: 2004/05/19 Wed PM 01:59:03 EDT
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Lee friedlander loves me!!!
> 
> So, let me get this straight...Lee Friedlander endorses the Hexar RF 
> and Cosina lenses? LOL!!! In fact, ROFLOL!!!! :-) You go, Kyle!!!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf 
> Of Kyle Cassidy
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:51 PM
> To: 'lug@leica-users.org'
> Subject: [Leica] Lee friedlander loves me!!!
> 
> 
> Okay, maybe not, but it was a success ....
> 
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/temp/2004/lee-friedlander.jpg
> 
> I carted around a leica (no film in it of course) for graduation this 
> week. Was pleased to see lee friedlander brought a hexxar with him and

> ran around shooting graduation himself. Before the procession was 
> about to go into the stadium, they paused for about 15 minutes and 
> everybody was milling about. Friedlander was chatting with Dr. 
> Jaroslav Pelikan who I happened to have photographed for a magazine a 
> year or so ago and who I've been friendly with ever since. Pelikan 
> came over to me and
> said: "Everybody's so excited that Bono is here, nobody's paying
> attention to my friend Lee Friedlander." and I said "You're friends
with
> Lee Friedlander?" and he said "Why yes, we went to school together,
I'll
> introduce you." So I got to have a happy chat with Mr. Friedlander
about
> books and models, families, photography, portraits, and the hours of
> Photovilla ("I've been plenty of times, but it never seems to be
> open!"). He mentioned how great he thought the CV lenses were. He had
> the 21 with him. It was swell and I didn't say anything stupid enough
to
> make myself memorable!  
> 
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/temp/2004/pelikan-friedlander.jpg
> 
> Kc
> 
> P.s. he was using both black and clear tape on his camera. That must 
> be the pro-method.

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