Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://www.magnumphotos.com/archive/C.aspx?VP=Mod_ViewBoxInsertion.ViewBoxIn sertion_VPage&R=2K7O3RHMJYCF&RP=Mod_ViewBox.ViewBoxThumb_VPage&CT=Album&SP=A lbum This Leica thread is a Stub. Feel free in enlarge upon it yourself. Feed it. Its short. I went to the opening last night at the Leica Gallery on Broadway in Greenwich village of prints by Richard Kalvar. His prints looked great and it was nicer seeing them then seeing his slides last October for the LHSA thing in Wetzlar. It was like seeing the originals. And with no jet lag. And the lights on. Talked to a guy from Montauk point for two hours. I forsook my skinny LowePro Sling 100 and crammed a Nikon D40x with 45mm sliver Cosina pancake on it into a Domke F-5XB Shoulder/Belt Bag (Black) with very few odds and ends and traveled light; nothing over my shoulder and No room for a Russian Novel. I feel less safe walking down dark streets with the D40 you can't defend yourself with it. A D200 you can. Its heavier than a M6 with a motor drive and 40mm Summicron which I'll be carrying with me next week. Probably to the Nikon Gallery opening. I stood right next to Elliot Erwitt he could have been HCB I'd have been no less excited. Last time I was there it was Ralph Gibson. Same deal only it was in the back room as I was sitting down getting ready for an appendicitis attack a few days later. I wanted to tell Elliot Erwitt how he changed my thanksgivings forever. A documentary I saw on him decades ago took you though his house and studio much of it given up to film making (movies) and at one point it was thanksgiving. And they had a turkey at one end of the long table and a ham at the other. I said "lets to that" and we did! For several years. Love Elliot Erwitt's dogs. Kalvar shoots a few dogs himself. There's as many dogs around here as people. They are always gleefully happy. But seem a little guilty looking like they're getting away with something and they hope no one notices. Like "this much fun can't be legal" kind of thing. That's me in Greenish Village. Oops the Nikon House in Rockefeller center seems to have gone the way of the Dodo. Its hard when you cater to a niche market. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dodo_1.JPG http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?shs=Domke+f5xb+bag&ci=0&sb=p s&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=RootPage.jsp&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t Mark William Rabiner rabinergroup.com