Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for sharing these, Larry. I did recognise a few of the people in your pics. Cheers, Nathan On 25 Apr 2014, at 19:05, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: > Thanks to Tina and others for showing pictures taken at Ted's show > in the Leica Gallery. They were basically portraits of participants and, > since I didn't know many pf the people, did not adequately capture of the > feeling of the event for me. Eventually I did have the opportunity to meet > several photographers whose names and pictures were familiar to me on the > LUG. I arrived at the gallery just before 6 p.m. and unfortunately I had > to leave before the end of the reception to catch my train back upstate.? > The Leica Gallery is a rather small venue occupying a suite of > several rooms on the fifth floor of an old New York office building. It is > well lit with plenty of wall space, adequate for showing photographs, but > too small for a modern art gallery. Seventy of Ted's photographs were on > display including most of the highlights from his 60 years of work as a > photojournalist. They were of a very high order. Clearly he deserves the > accolades that have been heaped upon him. > Surprisingly for a photographer whose most quoted statement is a > denigration of color photography, a notable fraction were in color. Also a > number would not meet the critical standards of sharpness and precision > lauded in the LUG. But all were interesting and worthy of a second and > even third look. Clearly "CONTENT IS KING." Ted is a true photojournalist > whose pictures tell a story. > Before I left I snapped a number of pictures of people viewing the > show with a credit card sized P&S camera, a tiny Canon 780. I don't know > how many were LUG members since I was told that the Leica Gallery has a > number of walk ins most evenings. My camera was lost amongst the many > Leica cameras hung around the necks of visitors. Here are the pictures in > no particular order. They give a bit of the flavor of the event. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Leica+Gallery+1.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Leica+Gallery+2.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Leica+Gallery+3.jpg.html? > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Leica+Gallery+4.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Leica+Gallery+5.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Leica+refreshment+table.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Grand+Central+concourse.jpg.html > Larry Z > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu/