Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Jim, Funny, but as I read your post, I thought to myself, "considering he hates it so, isn't it interesting that he doesn't feel shy to ask almost $8,000US for an 11x14 print!" I then read the article, and the interviewer asked a very similar question, which apparently HCB refused to answer, and the he quickly changed the subject. Interesting... Thanks for the article, I enjoyed it. I ~loved~ the line, "I don't believe in God, but I do believe in pi". I believe that will be my next sig... cheers, frank Jim McIntyre wrote: > I just read an article forwarded to me by a friend. It is the New York > Review of Books review on the new book for HCB. The interviewer, John > Banville, mentioned this photo during the interview, and here is the > response: > > "I make the mistake of mentioning one of his more well-known pictures-of a > little boy on the rue Mouffetard proudly carrying two bottles of wine-and he > cries out as if in pain. "Terrible! Terrible! I should destroy the > negative!" " > > Here's the full story link: > > http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16413 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- "What a senseless waste of human life" - -The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html