[Leica] Now for sale

[afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin)]

Thanks Ted, I will be very keen to hear what you think of the final 
production when it arrives. Your comments echo some of my thoughts and hopes 
when we started the project and throughout the 5 years. I am sure there 
should have been a way to attract commercial interest, but having visited 
Aperture, written to MOMA, accosted Leica at a number of levels, and 
considered other forms of printing, the improvements in self publication and 
Blurb in particular came at the right moment. 

Cheers

Alastair

--- tedgrant@shaw.ca wrote:

From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Subject: RE: [Leica] Now for sale
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:05:59 -0700

Alastair,

This photo book project is one of a kind in the world, simply because the
LUG crew did it! No international corporation, no magazine or photo group of
any kind did what we did. And that makes this an extra special project
because we show what the first 5 years of the new millennium looked like
from almost every conceivable angle and situation.

 

No camera manufacturer or major photo company, but just a bunch of ordinary
everyday folks because of their love of photography. And yes, because all
involved used Leica cameras. Too bad Leica Inc. missed the whole point of
that on what could be an international advertising coup basis! 

Given we, the complete crew all used some form of Leica camera and Leica
have such an incredible page layout within the first 15 pages it's
unimaginable they could be so stupid not to jump in and run hard with this
as their greatest promotion piece since the advent of the M camera.

It's an international photography book project I'm very proud to be part of
with so many wonderful and highly talented photographers from around the
world. 

It will become known as the first iconic photo book of the 2000 millennium
as soon as the right photo people in the world see it. I imagine photo
magazines will do stories about how it was shot and by whom. And why!

 

If the first few pages are any indication of what the rest of the pages look
like I can hardly wait for it to arrive. Once again Alastair a job well
done!

Good on you lad!

ted 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Alastair
Firkin
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 6:55 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] Now for sale

 

I see we have had 340 hits on the book and the sales are starting. I don't
mind if some of you "doubters" wait to hear from those who get the book, but
IFFFF you want to get one of the first copies of the LUG book FAMILY OF MAN
2 PROJECT, go to:

 

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/259512

 

and review the first 15 pages. 

 

If you were not here in 2000 to 2005, you will have missed the action, but
in this book, you will find over 500 images collected and judged by the LUG
members over a 5 year project. Most of the best photographers from the LUG
are here. This book runs parallel to the transition from film to digital and
represents the best of the new millenium and the unique effect of the
internet on international communication.

 

Live the LUG. ;-)

 

Cheers and here's luck

 

Alastair

 

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