Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/21

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Subject: [Leica] History and fun
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri Jan 21 03:55:14 2005

I discovered (sheer luck) the spot where you can still see the orignial FOM:

http://www.luxembourg.co.uk/clervaux.html#family

Might be worthwhile for those passing in Luxemburg.
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> From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:36:10 +1100
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] History and fun
> 
> It was on January 24 in 1955 that Edward Steichen opened the original
> Family of Man exhibition in NYC at the MoMA. Now almost 50 years later,
> we are in the last year of our LUG project "The Family of Man 2. Those
> of you who have been involved will know that it has produced many fine
> images, and a collection which all of us can be proud of, BUT now is
> your last chance to be involved and make the final year the best of
> all. From now until the end of October, we will be taking submissions
> to the project, and there will be a final judging session and display
> November/December.
> 
> Of course many of you will be smiling to yourselves and wondering about
> year 4: it is coming, votes continue to come in and should be collated
> very soon. I am sorry for the delay, but I was away all october in
> Nepal and was therefore less well organized this year --- well sound
> reasonable ;-)
> 
> Ok LUG lets PAW and comment, jab and jibe and let's photograph the
> world around us and prove there is more than hot air in the LUG family.
> Start now and I'll be nagging all year.
> 
> Cheers and here's luck
> 
> Alastair
> 
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