Re: [Leica] does ANYBODY really want pictures of their kids being born?

["Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>]

Sounds like something the Kyle of Southpark would do!!

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "kyle cassidy" <cassidy@hector.asc.upenn.edu>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 7:06 PM
Subject: [Leica] does ANYBODY really want pictures of their kids being born?


> i'm damn glas my parents didn't have a camera handy when i was born ...
> however, to try and steer this SOMEWHAT towards um, LEICAS folks, that's
> what we're here for, i'll mention that in the book Mary Ellen Mark did
> with Anne Liebowitz (the photojournalism series, i think the book is
> called "women of photojournalism") she has an essay on the birth of kiefer
> sutherland which her friend, donald, asked her to photograph. whith her
> little leica. two of them actually and a 90mm and 50mm lens. from out of
> everybody's faces. it's actually a good bunch of pictures.
>
> when i was in college, my roommate's mom called up one day, the phone
> conversation went something like this:
>
> "hello, is aaron there?"
> "no mrs. bechstien, this is kyle. how are you."
> "oh hello, we're very nice here. listen, aaron's father and i were going
> through some old trunks and we came across the film of aaron's briss, we
> wanted to know if he wanted it."
> "oh yes, i'm sure he does. please send it. you'd better send it care of me
> as aaron might not be around for a few weeks, he's on a field trip to d.c.
> with his poli sci class."
>
> kc
>