Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]She would have gotten him an R9 but it seemed like a little too much money for what you get with it. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Stasys Petravicius <stasys1 at cox.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:51:20 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] The richest artist/photographer? > > Hi All- There is a piece in Vanity Fair december 2010 magazine about > the octogenarian heir to the L'Oreal cosmetics fortune (Liliane > Bettencourt , age 84) - and her boyfriend artist/photographer > Francoise-Marie- Banier, age 64. The article says she conferred onto > him gifts totaling $1.34 BILLION. There is a full page picture of him > holding his R8 - interrupted while aiming to take a happy snap. I > thought R Leicas were out and M9s were in. > I've been reading the LUG where a lot of members are lusting for an S2 > system. Could we get him to join the LUG and buy everyone an S2 so our > photography would improve? Happy dreaming! Stasys > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information