Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/18

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Subject: RE: [Leica] now Eugene Smith
From: "Buzz Hausner" <buzz.hausner@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 05:58:54 -0400

Come on, Jerry, don't tell me you actually fell for that old "Gordon
Parks is Black" joke!

Seriously, whatever kind of bastard Gene Smith was...and he was most
certainly a son-of-a-bitch...and whatever the source of his demons, I
never heard that he was a racist.

	Buzz

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry
Lehrer
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:02 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] now Eugene Smith

Buzz

Remember that Gene Smith had physical and mental
problems that caused him intense pain of both kinds.

I hope that no one gets the impression that Smith
acted that way because Gordon Parks was black!

Jerry

Buzz Hausner wrote:

> When I was young and just learning photography, my presence was
> "tolerated" in the photographers' lounge in the Time-Life Building in
> New York;  I guess because I was a kid interested in photography which
> was uncommon then.  The only person I ever remember actually being
> unpleasant towards me was Gene Smith.  However, I did once witness an
> epic argument between Gordon Parks...a wonderful man...and Gene Smith
> from which Smith slunk away in ignominy.  I no longer recall what that
> argument was about, but it was certainly about something more
important
> than Nikon versus Leica.
>
>         Buzz Hausner


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