Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:01 AM 9/29/96 -0700, you wrote: >I can't tell you how powerful and moving this experience was for me. This >man is probably one of the few surviving members of a group that so >profoundly influenced photography in the 20th century (and also the >development of the Leica). It also amazed me to find out he lives only 5 >minutes from me! I did take a roll of available light portraits of him as >well...with my Leica, of course. Has anyone else ever heard of this gent? Curt, You were truly fortunate to visit with Mr. Laruent. He is one of the biggest influences on 20th century photogrpahy around. I appreciate you sharing that with us. I, for one, as a photojournalist, especially enjoyed reading it. =========== Eric Welch Grants Pass, OR