Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/06/25

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Subject: [Leica] Josef Koudelka Exhibition in Chicago
From: gwpics at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 07:27:16 +0100
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I spent a day with Josef a few years back. He is a great guy producing 
wonderful work. A visit to any exhibition by him will be well worth the 
effort.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
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On 26 Jun 2014, at 06:26, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I note that it will be in Madrid later, excellent! Now that Madrid is just 
> 2 hours away by high-speed train, it is entirely reasonable to take a day 
> trip to see a photo exhibition, at least one of this caliber.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
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> YNWA
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> On Jun 25, 2014, at 9:36 PM, Matthew B. Filippini wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka is currently on exhibit at the Art 
>> Institute of Chicago. "Josef Koudelka: Nationality Doubtful" runs through 
>> September 14, 2014.
>> 
>> <http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/josef-koudelka-nationality-doubtful>
>> 
>> I'll be going next week with a colleague of mine, who has already seen it 
>> twice, including the opening where he spoke to Mr. Koudelka.  Koudelka 
>> mentioned shooting digital panoramas with a Leica.
>> 
>> According to this article, Leica modified an S2 for him, for panoramic 
>> output (masking the sensor and viewfinder?):
>> 
>> <http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/josef-koudelka-a-restless-eye/>
>> 
>> "I was using this Fuji panoramic ? but the problem was everyone stopped 
>> developing the film. You can?t get 220 film anymore and you needed to 
>> carry about 35 kilograms extra. I went to Leica and they did one camera 
>> for me that was digital panoramic, which is this S2 camera, and they make 
>> two lines and set it on black and white. I made four trips with it 
>> together with the film camera. In the last two trips I realized I was 
>> taking more pictures with this Leica and I am enjoying it more. The 
>> result is very comparable. The lens was exactly the same." 
>> 
>> Matt
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In reply to: Message from filippiniaia at hotmail.com (Matthew B. Filippini) ([Leica] Josef Koudelka Exhibition in Chicago)
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