[Leica] Do you still have your first camera? Because I have an idea.

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (Philippe Amard)]

Still says it's a camera

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/P1140408.JPG.html

More when I have time to.
Best luck with your project
Philippe


Kyle Cassidy wrote:

>I still have my first camera. It's a Petri 7s rangefinder and it's on my 
>bookshelf looking down at me right now.
>
>I think that some of you probably do as well. 
>
>Here's what I'd like to do:
>
>Curate a gallery-show / web project / possibly more, that involves 
>interviews with photographers about their first cameras, how they got it, 
>what it means to them, and then to have them either 
>
>a) give me a high res scan (and reprint rights) to a vintage photo they 
>took with that camera or
>b) take their first camera out and shoot at least three rolls with it and 
>give me a NEW photo (and reprint rights) taken with it (you can talk about 
>re-using your camera in the interview)
>
>as well as 
>
>c) a photo of the camera and
>d) a portrait of the photographer
>
>
>it's still a bit up in the air but i've gone and registered: 
>http://www.myfirstcamera.org/ and as it grows I figure it'll take shape and 
>it'll become a beautiful thing. I'm going to leave a broad definition for 
>"first camera" -- it could either be the first camera you ever used, the 
>first you ever owned, or the first you bought for yourself or even the 
>first "real" camera you bought for yourself.
>
>Volunteers? Especially people who've had long and successful careers in 
>some aspect of photography, newspapers, commercial, etc.
>
>email me kyle at kylecassidy dot com or share your enthusiasm here, we'll 
>figure this out.
>
>thanks,
>
>kyle
>
>http://www.myfirstcamera.org/
> 
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