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Subject: [Leica] A Better 2011
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 07:41:50 -0400
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+2

On 1 Jan, 2011, at 3:32 , Montie Talbert wrote:

> +1
> Count me in as a purchaser of the "Texas Panhandle Project"
> 
> Montie
> 
> 
> Ted wrote:
> 
>> With all my effort I wish the best whatever it maybe for you and family 
>> in 
> 2011!
> ted
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Clough" <bill_clough at yahoo.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <LUG at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 10:33 PM
> Subject: [Leica] A Better 2011
> 
> 
> USA
> TEXAS
> VICTORIA
> 01 January 2011
> 
> Dear LUG family--
> 
> Two stories--both unfinished.
> 
> In 1984 I was the feature editor for the Estes Park Trail Gazette, adjacent
> to Rocky Mountain Nation Park in Colorado. In late December, just at dusk, 
> the
> snows brought the mountain sheep down from the high country. I took a 
> picture
>> similar< to this one, of a female sheep with her head slightly turned 
>> because
> she was trying to figure out what that reflection was she was seeing in my 
> 500mm
> f8 mirror lens.
> 
> She stood full frame in the falling snow. We waited to run until January 1,
> 1985 with the headline:
> 
> HAPPY EWE NEAR
> 
> The paper kept the best negatives. So all I can offer is one of the shots I
> managed to keep:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/Happy+Ewe+Near.jpg.html
> 
> In the 1990s the family that owned the paper sold it to the Denver Post. 
> One
> of the first decisions the new dorkwad of a publisher made was to announce 
> from
> now on the paper was to be running only color photographs. And, he said, he
> needed storage. So, he ordered five decades of black-and-white negatives 
> thrown
> into the dumptster, along with all the back copies of the paper dating 
> back 
> to
> 1914.
> 
> This stupid example of inhumanity was fired because of public outrage. But
> by then, of course, it was too late.
> 
> The second story: Earlier this month, my wife lost her job and, on December
> 28th, the editor of the Victoria Advocate fired me. He has been on a long
> campaign to rid himself of those he inherited when he took over the paper. 
> Last
> month, it was my turn.
> 
> Being nearly 70, I find the options limited but refuse to believe my only
> choice is at which Walmart would I like to be a greeter.
> 
> The good news--I now have time to finally, finally, start working on that
> promised book of Texas Panhandle photos. Stay tuned.
> 
> I have no idea what 2011 holds. But two truths are evident: It's got to be
> better than 2010 and I am NOT going to sell the Leicas.
> 
> My best wishes to all for a Happy New Year.
> 
> --Bill
> 
> 
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> 

Nathan Wajsman
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