[Leica] PESO: American - Jim's bookS

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)]

Agreed

Yet for Luggers information, Jim has already published - In Plain View  
2009 Images, a most wonderful book and a collection of real  
photographs of real people as rarely viewed.
Jimmy Carter is on the front cover BTW - still on Blurb site I guess.
I have a signed copy Jim sent me then on my desk as I write. Thanks  
again Jim :-)

I'm on the list to buy the next one this time Jim, please listen to  
doctor Ted :-)

Amiti?
Philippe



Le 11 mai 11 ? 16:48, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> a ?crit :

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> Jim Shulman SHOWED:
> Subject: [Leica] PESO: American
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/american+sm_001.jpg.html
>
> Good morning Jim,
> Given the years of looking at your incredible captures of a  
> particular segment of the American population as we see in these  
> two. Have you ever considered doing a book? "THE AMERICAN'S! A sub- 
> culture!" Or some title along those lines? Oh it should bring some  
> hell-fire anti-comments .... " THAT ISN'T WHAT WE ARE LIKE ETC ETC!"  
> But any controversy good, bad or ugly is great! It's super publicity  
> and helps sell thousands of copies. :-) And my friend that is the  
> name of the game in publishing a book..... "the hoped for major  
> dollar return for your efforts! Like it or not! "
>
> If we look at Kyle Cassidy's fabulous book "Armed America" as a  
> sample in the population, why not show this completely other side of  
> the culture coin?"
>
> It's a natural, probably occurs every weekend somewhere in the USA.  
> But you appear to find the characters not so far from home, that if  
> it were a book with a travel advance from the publisher it would  
> allow sites far from home. If necessary. Although hardly appears to  
> be so in the collection so far.
>
> In your collection too date I'm sure you could put together a  
> hundred images in about a 24-48 hour time frame and have it ready  
> for publication without to much effort. It isn't like you are  
> fabricating the images as they're right out in the open for the  
> world to see. And being out in public, all these people are fair  
> game having their pictures taken unbeknown or not.
>
> And if not a book, a smashing great exhibition at MOMA in New York  
> would draw thousands, I'm sure. I'd have these two characters as the  
> cover picture and lead image for promotion of any exhibition or book  
> publicity.
>
> Just a passing thought on a book, as we've seen a never ending array  
> of like "CHARACTERS" over the years!
>
> Actually a shot at Kyle's publisher might be the first one to hit  
> on!?  I'm sure Kyle could at least get you in the door for a first  
> show and tell discussion rather than going in cold ?
>
> PLEASE THINK ABOUT IT!
>
> Cheers,
> ted
>
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