Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If only, Tina, mine looked like Jacques Lowe's.:-) I can only ask, after looking at this collection, being reminded of how incredibly good he was - and of the fact that he shot all of this between the ages of a 26-31 - where did he go afterwards? - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tina Manley Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 3:52 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] More about Jacques Lowe book... At 03:32 PM 10/5/2003 -0400, you wrote: >The images are reproduced from prints and contact sheets, as the >negatives were, indeed, destroyed when the World Trade Center towers >fell. Given that, the reproduction of most of the images is quite good. > >B. D. I heard the interview on NPR with Jacques Lowe's assistant who supervised the printing of the photos for the book. He said that the digital copies made from the contact sheets made better prints than the original negatives!! The one's I saw on TV (20/20 maybe?) looked beautiful - really intimate family photos like you take, B.D. I'm looking forward to getting the book. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com - -- 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