Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, Thank you very much for your kind words. My professor who sponsored this as an independent study kept pushing me hard but that is the reason I chose him specifically to advise me. He was a Marine decades ago and knows a bit about where this work is coming from. He had me change formats a few times while I wanted to change content. He made me realize that I can only polish the work so much and if it has taken six years for me to move on this then I should "close the book" on this first work because I'm my worst critic and I could put out a thousand permutations with different themes but I had to choose just one. It's not rushed but as a consequence of combat itself, there is a feeling of unfinished business with it. This journey through my military past was a good one with a few revelations that have calmed me and helped me to accept who I am and the place photography fits in my future. It's a good feeling to be done. As it comes at the time when our forces are pulling out of Iraq officially, it helps to put a close to my war. Hopefully we can leave the other theaters that our military forces are serving very soon. It's interesting because all militaries the world over, throughout history have always fought for peace. The contention was whose side would win. I digress. Again, many thanks Philippe and the rest of the LUG for your great comments and critiques. Phil Forrest On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:57:02 +0100 "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > A very moving testimony this one is Phil. > > Your BW is extremely powerful too. > > I remember this last photo in the book, the self portrait against > the tiles as when you first posted it and I wrote to you off list. > > I DO hate wars, this one was not yours but you served ideals and > country without failing and I admire you for this. > > I'm glad it is now officially over and your fellow citizens are back. > > Your book is now 100% part of history, and an excellently composed > and presented one. > > Thank you also for the last words: every person in any nation > deserves peace, forever. > > I wish you you the best of what the photographic future may bring to > you. > > Philippe, really moved by your present to a better world > > > Le 15 d?c. 11 ? 20:42, Phil Forrest a ?crit : > > > As many here know, I was an independent duty combat photographer > > in the > > US Navy attached to NMCB-4 (Hoorah Seabees!) from 2003-2005. In > > August of 2004 I deployed with the 'Bees to Fallujah, Iraq and > > worked to show the infrastructure work the battalion was doing. We > > worked with the deployed battalions of the 1st Marine Division as > > well as US Army combat engineers among others. I was in-country > > from August, 2004 until > > the first week of January, 2005. > > > > This last few months I have been working on compiling a book of > > photos that I took with my Leicas while there (my work camera was a > > Nikon D2h.) It's finally done and I'm putting this out to hopefully > > generate a buzz to get a sense of the viability of doing a first > > print run of at > > least 30 copies. As the book is 166 pages, the single-print cost on > > Blurb.com is prohibitive for the would-be buyer and I don't want to > > price the book out of reach. > > > > So here it is: > > http://issuu.com/phil_forrest/docs/ > > fallujah_a_photographers_perspective > > > > Feel free to let me know what you think of it and next week I > > think I'm going to begin taking orders. > > > > Thanks all! > > Phil Forrest > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information