[Leica] 2008 LUG YEAR BOOK . COMMENTS!!

[simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun)]

Good idea Ted.best simon

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:

> 2008 LUG YEAR BOOK!
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> Now that's a classic photography book if ever there was one!
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> Let's put aside all my yelling, ranting, haranguing, cajoling, name calling
> for another 11 months first.
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> Thank you.
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> And I'll put away all the . "who the hell do you think you are telling us
> what to do?" And what's the big deal anyway?"  etc. Not to forget a few
> others. :-) Be in lots of time and I'm as sweet as baby powder. :-)
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> Now having not said a word for a week or two about the book simply because
> quite frankly in my personal library of books dating way back into the 20's
> and forward. This 2008 year, the LUG book falls into the realm of a
> classic.
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> In a half century or more, this book will stand out as a classic because it
> was produced, not by some big name publisher filled with so called "BIG
> NAME" photographers pictures. But by a group of photo fun loving people
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> for the enjoyment of it with a couple of their photos published in a book.
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> How many of you have gone back 30-40-60- years and looked at some of the
> "YEAR BOOKS" of those bygone times, examining and comparing the
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> image quality to the 2008? Hell there isn't any comparison. Never mind the
> technical aspect! Damn we're pretty good all round! :-)
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> If I've gone through this book twenty times that's about half the number of
> times, if not more looking, comparing page and picture to picture and page!
> It's truly a wonderful collection of photos by my friends and LUG family
> around the world. Most important? The names of "Lurkers!" :-)
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> Ladies and gentlemen, we are batting more than a 1000, if that's possible.
> Because this is the best year book ever! You bet the others were very good
> and interesting. However, over all quality is way up in every fashion,
> photographs, reproductions and plain old fashion excellent pictures and
> subjects page after page great quality.
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> And certainly not to forget our Group Leader, organizer, do all the work
> putting it all together, our one and only best book guy in the world, who
> else but our own Jim Schulman. Man with this gentleman and his pursuing,
> pushing, begging, pleading and e-mails week after week.. "Please send in
> your pictures!"  The book would never have happened! Everyone in the book
> thank your lucky starts this human being who cared enough to do everyone in
> the book a great favour by giving of himself in such a dedicated manner for
> our books' well being!
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> Jim old buddy can't offer more than the biggest "THANK YOU VERY MUCH MON
> AMI!"
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> Now while I have your attention..... 2009 is already upon us and if we
> should be so lucky and Jim takes on the task one more time, you only have
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> months, 11 days and a few hours to get your act together for the new book.
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> Make a folder on your desk top and as the months quickly slip by, drop your
> LUG BOOK possibles in it. At the beginning of December 2009 check it out,
> dump the not so great ones. "Really now you didn't think everyone was going
> to be great did you?" :-)
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> Edit hard, pick two and "Jim's yer Uncle" you can send without hesitation.
> Then you wont have to make me get ticked off because some of you are lazy
> nogood-niks and always send them late while whining.
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> Look at your 2008 copy once again, sit quiet, possibly a glass of something
> settling and pleasant in hand, relax and enjoy the 2008 one more time with
> great reverence for our LUG Family and good buddy Jim Schulman.
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> An Honour to share the pages with each and everyone of you far and wide.
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> Cheers, see you in the 2009 pages shortly. :-)
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> Dr. ted
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