Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Mental Illness documentary project/Human Traffic/Kites
From: Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 10:34:25 -0500

I like mostly the image of the individual with the paper crown sitting below the
painting. Excellent.
Cheers Wilber GFE OAO2

John Brownlow wrote:

> Sorry to bombard y'all but I've had a busy weekend. I have just put up a
> documentary project I did about mental illness, titled MUNSTER ROAD
> (honestly, that was the name of the place) and invite you to pay a visit.
>
> For the leicanuts, all of the pictures were shot using a Leica M3 fitted
> with the very wonderful and underrated (and cheap) 50s vintage Canon 28/2.8
> LTM lens, which has a marvellously gentle softness wide open, rather like
> the 35/1.4 Summilux but less extreme.
>
> These pictures actually won some kind of prize, but I honestly can't
> remember what. I think maybe it was the annual South Bank Photo competition
> or something. I've written a little bit about this project to go with the
> pictures.
>
> The URL is: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/munsterroad
>
> Also, for those of you who've enjoyed the Human Traffic project, I have put
> up another fifty or so pictures (!), and split the site into four portfolios
> for ease of viewing.
>
> The URL for this is: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/humantraffic
>
> Finally, I spent the afternoon on Kite Hill on Hampstead Heath, where a gale
> was blowing and a lot of people were trying unsuccessfully to keep their
> feet while flying kites. It was extremely funny, and I was glad I had my
> camera with me, even if a tight self-loaded roll snapped in the camera
> (ack!), and the dog got irritated with me not throwing her frisbee. Anyway,
> I just wondered if anyone else here has had fun photographing folks flying
> kites?
>
> Over & out!
>
> --
> John Brownlow
>
>        photos:    http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>         music:    http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk