[Leica] Do you still have your first camera? Because I have an idea. Yes SR-T101

[mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)]

Yes Minolta SR-T 101. Purchased at age 14 for $125 earned mowing  
lawns. Photography quickly became far more profitable and fun than  
mowing lawns...Still have 3rd place LO Festival of Arts photo from one  
of the first rolls...Mark mak at teleport.com
On Nov 8, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> I still have my first camera. It's a Petri 7s rangefinder and it's  
> on my bookshelf looking down at me right now.
>
> I think that some of you probably do as well.
>
> Here's what I'd like to do:
>
> Curate a gallery-show / web project / possibly more, that involves  
> interviews with photographers about their first cameras, how they  
> got it, what it means to them, and then to have them either
>
> a) give me a high res scan (and reprint rights) to a vintage photo  
> they took with that camera or
> b) take their first camera out and shoot at least three rolls with  
> it and give me a NEW photo (and reprint rights) taken with it (you  
> can talk about re-using your camera in the interview)
>
> as well as
>
> c) a photo of the camera and
> d) a portrait of the photographer
>
>
> it's still a bit up in the air but i've gone and registered: 
> http://www.myfirstcamera.org/ 
>  and as it grows I figure it'll take shape and it'll become a  
> beautiful thing. I'm going to leave a broad definition for "first  
> camera" -- it could either be the first camera you ever used, the  
> first you ever owned, or the first you bought for yourself or even  
> the first "real" camera you bought for yourself.
>
> Volunteers? Especially people who've had long and successful careers  
> in some aspect of photography, newspapers, commercial, etc.
>
> email me kyle at kylecassidy dot com or share your enthusiasm here,  
> we'll figure this out.
>
> thanks,
>
> kyle
>
> http://www.myfirstcamera.org/
>
>
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