Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] The real america
From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 23:46:16 -0500
References: <34872DFA-1512-11D6-8FBF-0003930C1F28@bigfatpipe.net>

Brad, when you get six or seven days off, take I-20 west until you hit
Shreveport.  Just outside is highway 79.  Take it south and follow the back
roads basically west.  Stop often.  Savor the differences as East Texas
fades into West Texas.  Spend a lot of time in the cafes and bars that are
in all the small towns  Stay off the larger roads.  You will discover a part
of this country that only Sonny C is recording.  Some of Robert Frank's
strongest images were taken in these places.

Then, sometime when you have another six or seven days off, go to NY or
Boston, or  San Francisco.  This time don't drive, walk the neighborhoods,
talk to the bodega owners, chat with the young men at the corners.  Do the
same in the museums and the concert halls.  Spend some time at 2:00am
talking to the girls on the corners by the bars.

Now you've seen a good portion of America.

Don Dory
dorysrus@mindspring.com

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