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Subject: [Leica] Leica History Question
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Mon Sep 4 11:54:06 2006
References: <1be504db0609040953p4cf18e82r1895bc3d73010163@mail.gmail.com>

That's cooler than having been at Woodstock  :-)

I didn't know about this DVD. I've got to see if Netflix has it.

Scott

Phil Swango wrote:

> Scott M. wrote:
>
>> Eggleston? I don't know how to characterize his work, But
>> he got the very first MOMA show of color photography in
>> the museum's history, so I throw him into the fine art camp.
>
>
> When your prints sell for five figures there is no other camp (smile).  I
> was lucky enough to attend the opening of that MOMA show in 1976.  
> There was
> a publicity photographer working the crowd.  Recently, when I watched the
> DVD "Wm. Eggleston in the Real World" I was astonished to see a 
> picture of
> myself in a group of stills from the show.  My 15 seconds of fame.  Well,
> more like 3 seconds, but at least my daughter was impressed. ;-)
>
>

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