Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/10

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Hmm Great new question - AGE
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@cdsnet.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 09:04:07 -0700

At 05:30 PM 10/9/96 -0400, you wrote:

>I believe you were there after he retired, but you didn't study under the
>fabled Otha Spencer, did you?

The guy who tells you what gum he was chewing when he printed a picture 35
years ago among 90 other factors? <g>

Nope, he was long gone. I was buddies with Cliff (Posing is Verboten!)
Edom, though. I even have some shirts with his picture. Great stories about
the old days. Was sorry to see him die. His influence on photojournalism
(esp. National Geographic) will live on for yeras.

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Eric Welch
Grants Pass, OR