Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Amazing photo treasure trove...
From: Rob Heyman <rheyman@bigpond.net.au>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 09:53:04 +1000
References: <MBBBJHIBKCKEAEOKKBPOGEMIEDAA.bdcolen@earthlink.net>

B.D.
Thank you so much for this link. I have just spent the last hour immersed in
this man's work. You're absolutely correct when you say that it is
inspirational.
Rob

"B. D. Colen" wrote:

> The UNC Chapel Hill library has William Gedney's journals, writings, books -
> and all his prints, contact sheets, and negs - and there are countless
> photos on-line that can be browsed through...The work is incredibly
> good....I would recommend that anyone interested try starting here..
> http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/gedney/books/bd03/
>
> This is a dummy - with photos - for a book Gedney put together, but never
> published, called 31 Photographs, 1968...If you want inspiration, this is
> the place to go...
>
> B. D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rob Appleby
> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 3:42 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Weekly Submission
>
> BD - my thoughts exactly - although the wife of two weeks was his new
> girlfriend in my version.
> R.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 9:21 PM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Weekly Submission
>
> > On the other hand, the man on the right could be an AA member who has left
> > his besotted gang of friends on the left, and is standing thinking, 'Damn!
> > Can't those jerks ever have fun without getting smashed?' as he waits for
> > his gorgeous wife of two weeks, whom he adores madly, to come pick him up.
> >
> > No Noir.:-)
> >
> > B. D.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Bohner
> > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 3:02 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Weekly Submission
> >
> >
> > Re Bill Clough's PAW
> > http://www.leica-gallery.net/wccjr/image-30920.html
> > I like the image just as it is as it turns the imagination free.
> >
> > Obviously the man on the right is depressed and a bit drunk.
> > He is staring at a reflection in the water at his feet.
> > It is of a half dressed woman combing her hair in the window
> > of the 2nd floor apartment across the street.
> > Her inverted image has started him thinking of his youth in
> > Amsterdam as a photographer's assistant lugging a
> > view camera to the more notorious districts of the city.
> > Little did he know then, he would become a serious Leica addict,
> > spending his meager pension on folding lens hoods for ancient
> > elmarits and eating his cat's food.
> > The people to the left are laughing, sharing an digital camera's
> > image of their party in the restaurant they have just left.
> > Yes, film noir,  it is.
> >
> > John B
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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