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Subject: [Leica] Bought a bottle of beer instead of walking
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed Oct 6 12:02:42 2004
References: <BCEKKGNGDPMOIPMEJONBEEMPFPAA.phong@doan-ltd.com> <Pine.SOL.4.58-L.0410061512380.1929@hedvig.uio.no>

Hi Daniel,

I have been subscribing to Lenswork for the past 4-5 years. It is no 
problem to get it sent across the water, and the price is still 
reasonable. It is one of the two photo mags I subscribe too (the other 
one is Photo Techniques, the US version).

Nathan

Daniel Ridings wrote:

> Thanks Phong!
> 
> You're right. I haven't even tried to be accurate (except for yesterday's
> leaf). This time of the year I just want to wallow in color :)
> 
> I can't get Lenswork anywhere that I know of. The last copy I have is one
> I picked up in Chicago last summer. I'm flattered by the comparison with a
> portfolio in there.
> 
> Best,
> Daniel
> 
> 
> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Phong wrote:
> 
> 
>>Daniel Ridings wrote:
>>
>>
>>> It was pouring yesterday, so before I left the office
>>>and bought a bottle of beer on my way home:
>>
>>>http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/041006/IMG_1369.jpg
>>>http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/041006/IMG_1392.jpg
>>
>>
>>Hi Daniel,
>>
>>It was pouring outside, so you were also pouring inside ?  :-)
>>(Apologies to Verlaine's  "Il pleure dans mon coeur comme
>>il pleut sur la ville ...".  One of my favorite rain poems).
>>
>>The colors look a bit cross-processed, a bit like one of
>>a Polaroid instant color films.  It's funny though how people
>>try to get "accurate" colors on film, print, screen, etc.
>>I cannot say I have seen anything on such media that
>>is accurate, in terms of colors, unless of course the subject
>>is a blank wall.  On the other hand, your shots here don't even
>>seem to try.  :-)
>>
>>The current issue of LensWork magazine which I have right
>>in front of me, together with my coffee, and which is an excellent
>>issue of an excellent photo magazine, reminds me of you.
>> First there is a fantastic B&W portfolio shot
>>with a Rolleiflex TLR, spanning 40 years or so.  And second,
>>in the very same portfolio, there is a very nice photo of a man
>>pushing a wheelbarrow cart which is reminiscent of yours
>>from a hotel balcony in, if I am not mistaken,  Dar es Salaam.
>>Check it out if you have a chance.  If you cannot get LensWork
>>conveniently in Scandinavia, let me know.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>- Phong
>>
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-- 
Nathan Wajsman
Almere, The Netherlands

General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com
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