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Subject: [Leica] Daily Dose of Spring XLVII Single cherry blossom
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Fri Mar 31 11:15:23 2006

Sure as hell reflects mine, Walt - but like you, I definitely can't speak
for other Leica users, or former Leica users.:-)


On 3/31/06 2:02 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:

> Don:
> 
> I am sure your friend will do quite well with Mapplethorpe. I would
> never deny he is (or was, or still is) quite salable. My only
> observation was a personal one......His work was sharp as a tack,
> beautifully lighted and extremely well composed. Nonetheless, it was all
> "appearances" and very little communication. Unless, of course, one
> prefers D**ks to T*ts&A**. Additionally, had he focused on the latter in
> the same manner, blah blah blah and bland. ( this opinion is my own and
> in no way reflects that of other Leica users, right B.D.?)
> 
> Walt
> 
> Don Dory wrote:
> 
>> Walt,
>> I'm not going to rise to that one.  :)  I can say that one of my friends 
>> has
>> done very well repping Mapplethorpe at her Gallery, very well indeed.
>> 
>> Don
>> don.dory@gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/30/06, Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:
>>  
>> 
>>> Well, the shadow thing sure elicited a good response, perhaps we should
>>> seek controversy? Don't know if you noticed, but I like controversy. :-)
>>> 
>>> I like flowers too, Also like trees. Have been doing a lot of back your
>>> fixer uping lately and by late spring it might be a good photo location.
>>> 
>>> Walt
>>> 
>>> btw Mapplethorpe's work, to me, was bland as hell. Hate to sound like BD
>>> and get prejudicial but had Mapplethorpe been straight and photoed T*Ts
>>> instead of D**ks we'd have never heard the name.
>>> 
>>> Don Dory wrote:
>>> 
>>>    
>>> 
>>>> No, the one thing about flower photography is that it is pretty
>>>> non-controversial.  Even Mapplethorpe didn't have any bullwhips with his
>>>> flowers.  But I think after the CIA shot I am going to concsiously look
>>>>      
>>>> 
>>> for
>>>    
>>> 
>>>> something fairly controversial for a PAW.  It has been fascinating how
>>>> people interprete the image.
>>>> 
>>>> Don
>>>> don.dory@gmail.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 3/30/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>      
>>>> 
>>>>> No ruffled feathers here - not enough left to ruffle. :-)
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>>>>> ...... Original Message .......
>>>>> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:53:50 -0500 Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> "Now that is vivid....and striking
>>>>> "
>>>>> "walt
>>>>> "
>>>>> "p.s. hope no one got their "feathers ruffled", ok BD?
>>>>> "
>>>>> "Don Dory wrote:
>>>>> "
>>>>> ">This one is on Velvia 100, but the blossom was this vivid red.
>>>>> ">
>>>>> ">http://gallery.leica-users.org/album362/cherrysingleton
>>>>> ">
>>>>> ">Don
>>>>> ">don.dory@gmail.com
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