[Leica] Hello from William Carter

[scleroplex at gmail.com (scleroplex)]

i agree with lew and understand the sentiment,
given the exact words written by william carter.

"So do I belong to the Leica tribe? Probably not."

which naturally begs the question, why join LUG?

i once had to sit through a lab presentation by an english scientist
from the max planck institute
in munich who started his talk off by dissing epidemiology as not
"really" being real science
and then concluded his really scientific immunology talk by quoting an
epidemiological study to show that his results were real.

william carter's initial email immediately reminded me of that :-)

which is not surprising given that pretty much all photojournalists
covering the middle east in that period
were elitist and at least faintly racist and were convinced normal
rules were for other people.
it is to be expected.

nonetheless, we can keep our own counsel without being unwelcoming.
:-)
bharani



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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:33:11 -0400
From: Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Hello from?William?Carter
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It strikes me as odd that the poster outlines his cv and links to
wares for sale to a group he somewhat dismisses as equipment
worshipers. Maybe he'll participate in on going discussions going
forward, maybe not. If he does, I will have been proved wrong,

>> "So do I belong to the Leica tribe? Probably not."



On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> Oops. ?Is there something I don't know here?
>
> Tina
>
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Why worry about it?William? If you phish and troll long enough you're
>> bound to catch something.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 2:38 PM,?William?Carter
>> <bywilliamcarter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello LUG:
>> >
>> >?William?Carter?here. By way of introduction, I've had a 50+-year
>> > 5-continents career as a photographer and author, shooting most of my
>> > photos with Leicas. Been published in LIFE, the London Sunday Times,
>> > Geographical Magazine and others.1966-69 freelanced from London, doing
>> > assignments for New York Times, Women?s Wear Daily, and TWA?s Annual
>> > Report, etc. I've authored 5 books of photographs and text including
>> > Ghost Towns of the West, Middle West Country, Preservation Hall,
>> > Illuminations (nudes), and my latest (came out last summer) published
>> > by Steidl, Causes and Spirits.
>> >
>> > A lot of my work is online at?http://wcarter.us?but I will be posting
>> > on your gallery as well. I have a blog at
>> >?http://bywilliamcarter.wordpress.com?where I use some of my work and
>> > other graphic elements
>> >
>> > My long closeup love affair with the Leica M-series began with an
>> > equally passionate long-distance love affair with one of its most
>> > famous users, Henri Cartier-Bresson. ?(I tell the story of my
>> > non-meeting with Henri in Causes and Spirits and in the occasional
>> > readings at bookstores I have been doing.) ?Most of that book was shot
>> > with M-3's and M-2's; I still only have an M-4 with motor drive but
>> > sadly don't use it; I am only shooting digital these days. ?I have
>> > twice visited the shrine/factory in Wetzlar/Solms, Germany.
>> >
>> > I like the idea of the user group but am constitutionally not a group
>> > sharer or communicator, or tech savvy, cannot get into those
>> > exchanges, sorry about that. My current blogging has been on the
>> > subject of tribalism, which I witnessed professionally worldwide as a
>> > photographer/writer. Please see "Them vs. Us and Beyond" at
>> >?http://bywilliamcarter.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/them-vs-us-and-beyond/
>> > The photo, which is on the cover of the current The Sun Magazine, is
>> > of a Yemeni tribesman taken in 1964 while I was living in Beirut.
>> >
>> > So do I belong to the Leica tribe? ?Probably not. ?I use my beat-up
>> > cameras close up, I do not worship them from afar.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> >?William?Carter
>> >