Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The "edited" (using the term lightly) version is here: http://www.derekzeanah.com/temp/Postcards_of_an_Existentialist.pdf Chandos Michael Brown History and American Studies College of William and Mary www.wm.edu/cas/asp/faculty/brown - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Phong Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 11:26 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] FS: Photo books and prints by Albert Wang, first three copies for free. Now that someone else other than B.D. spoke :-), I am curious. Where can one see this "work" on the web ? - - Phong > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve > LeHuray > I agree B.D. > > His "craft" is easily the worst I have seen in a long time. > > The really pathetic part is labeling himself an "Existentialist" I always > thought critics and reviewers did that. > > > sl > > > > Okay, enough is a bleeping nuff! It's time to point out that the bleeping > > Emperor is stark raving naked - and more than a bit mad! > > > > What is the theory here - call yourself a photographer - or, in this case, a > > "street photographer/documentary photographer" and you ARE one? Drop a load > > of crap off at Kinkos for printing and you are a PUBLISHED photographer? > > > > Over the past year or two numerous people on this and other lists have > > looked at Alfie's work and tried to offer him constructive criticism. And he > > has ignored all of it - which would be fine if he exhibited one scintilla of > > talent or originality and was developing a unique style and vision. > > > > But he hasn't, and he isn't... > > > > The idea that someone would hold himself out as a "photographer" whose work > > is worth of collecting - with an autograph for God's sake?! - while offering > > this kind of crap - and I use the word advisedly - to the world is truly > > appalling. > > > > I know that there will be those of you who will say that I am being mean > > spirited, nasty, or any number of other things. What I am being is honest. > > > > What Alfie is doing is demeaning and insulting to all of us who have spent > > years working at our craft - whether as hobbyists or professionals - honing > > our skills to the point where we can honestly say, "I am a photographer." > > > > Please, for the sake of your own integrity as photographers, do not continue > > to humor him and play along with this insulting nonsense. > > > > B. D. Colen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Albert Wang > > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 9:23 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: [Leica] FS: Photo books and prints by Albert Wang, first three > > copies for free. > > > > > > For sale: > > > > 1) Postcards of an Existentialist Paperback Monograph > > > > Postcards of an Existentialist, despite its title isn't a French > > existentialist treatise but in terms of its outlook of life influenced by > > Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre, Eugene Richards, Eric Dolphy, and Ornette > > Coleman. It is a personal two-year (2001-2) diary about one man's coming to > > terms with his own depression and loneliness as he returns from graduate > > school back to the city where he moved away from. It's a dour yet ironic and > > bitterly humorous portrait of Philadelphia (w/ a few shots of New York City) > > and it's a stark contrast to any of the daintily pretty pictures we tend to > > see of the Liberty Bell or Independence Hall. Instead, what we have here is > > a brutally honest photo-journal of a documentary take of the photographer > > being viewed with suspicion and distrust or ignorance. It's a visual > > illustration of the quote from Cool Hand Luke: "What we have here is a > > failure to communicate." > > > > The 107 page book is printed in halftone with plastic covers. The dimension > > of the book is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. > > > > Cost of the book: $30 plus $10 shipping and handling. > > > > 2) Complete set of all 96 prints done by the photographer himself and signed > > on verso. The only size I can print at is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. The > > prints are sleeved in an archival quality Itoya binder. The person has a > > choice of options as follows: > > > > a) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on Epson > > Archival Matte Paper (192 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder. > > > > Cost of the set of prints: $150 plus $20 shipping and handling and > > insurance. > > > > b) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on > > Hahnemuhle Photo Matte Paper (170 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder. > > > > Cost of the set of prints: $300 plus $20 shipping and handling and > > insurance. > > > > c) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on > > Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 188 (188 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder. > > > > Cost of the set of prints: $500 plus $20 shipping and handling and > > insurance. > > > > d) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on > > Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 (308 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder. > > > > Cost of the set of prints: $600 plus $20 shipping and handling and > > insurance. > > > > I am willing to consider other papers (except glossy) such as Legion Photo > > Matte on special request but at present, this is what is being offered. > > > > 3) A choice of 96 prints done by the photographer himself and signed on > > verso. The only size I can print at is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. The prints > > are unmatted and will be shipped with a matte board of 11 inches by 14 > > inches. The person has a choice of options as follows: > > > > a) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted print on Epson Archival > > Matte Paper (192 gsm). > > > > Cost of the prints: $10 plus $5 shipping and handling and insurance. > > > > b) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted print on Hahnemuhle > > Photo Matte Paper (170 gsm). > > > > Cost of the set of prints: $20 plus $5 shipping and handling and insurance. > > > > c) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted print on Hahnemuhle > > Photo Rag 188 (188 gsm). > > > > Cost of the set of prints: $40 plus $5 shipping and handling and insurance. > > > > d) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted prints on Hahnemuhle > > Photo Rag 308 (308 gsm). > > > > Cost of the set of prints: $50 plus $5 shipping and handling and insurance. > > > > I am willing to consider other papers (except glossy) such as Legion Photo > > Matte on special request but at present, this is what is being offered. > > > > When ordering prints, use a description of the picture which is shown in > > either the book or the CD-ROM. > > > > 4) The complete book on CD-ROM in Abode Acrobat pdf format. > > > > Plain non-archival quality CD-ROM without a sleeve which a person can use > > the catalog to order prints. > > > > Cost of the non-archival catalog: $.50 plus $4 shipping and handling. > > > > For more information or to order please contact Albert Wang at > > leica_phile@hotmail.com accordingly. Thanks again for your consideration. > > > > Albert "Alfie" Wang > > Freelance Street/Documentary Photographer > > 1122 Brill St. > > Philadelphia PA 19124 > > leica_phile@hotmail.com > > (215) 668-1809 > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html