Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/04

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Century
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun Jan 4 13:08:00 2009
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On Jan 4, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Lottermoser George wrote:

> To me
> it's not about "love Leica"
> (though I do love my kits)
> It's rather about the photographs
> made with
> the synergy between
> "this" gear
> and
> "these" photographers
>
> doesn't feel like masturbation
> feels like photography
>
> granted there is a certain
> masturbatory quality to photography
> (self gratification)
> yet, at the point that we share our views of the world
> it becomes considerably more open
> to sharing the pleasure as well as the pain.


that may be true George, but I was obtuse and you missed my point...

it concerned Leica's dismissal of our FOM2...

we seem driven to make the same mistake twice,

Steve












>
>
> Fond regards,
> George
>
> george@imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>> If we want to love Leica with a beautiful photographic homage to  
>> its products, then why does it feel like masturbation?
>
>
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thanks,  Steve









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