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Subject: [Leica] Motley Crew?
From: zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams)
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 21:57:41 -0400
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You're calling me an average joe!!!

Chris Williams
504-231-6261
www.zoeicaimages.net

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On May 10, 2013, at 9:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Chris, Don't forget that it is the average Joe that funds Motley Crue, by
> attending their live shows and buying their records. They do not get rich
> as if by magic, you know.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> 
> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Chris Crawford <
> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
> 
>> I disagree. There are a LOT more photographers than there are rich
>> celebrities, or even rich non-celebrities. Leica just doesn't give a fuck
>> about us, because if they did, they'd have to produce cameras that are as
>> reliable as Canon and Nikon and they'd have to sell them at prices
>> photographers could pay. That takes real work, so they took the easy way
>> out.
>> 
>> Since Motley Crue uses Leica digital, does that mean if I start snorting
>> $1000 a day in Cocaine that Leica will give me a camera too? Oh Hell, if I
>> could afford the Coke, I'd just buy my own damned camera and keep my
>> health.
>> 
>> --
>> Chris Crawford
>> Fine Art Photography
>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>> 260-437-8990
>> 
>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>> 
>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
>> 
>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
>> Become a fan on Facebook
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/10/13 4:40 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Tina you are thinking like a photographer only ;-) Leicas are luxury 
>>> goods
>>> conveying status as well as unique photographic tools. Image and profile
>>> sell cameras too. If they only sold cameras to dedicated photographers
>>> like
>>> you they would be broke. (and there would be no Leicas for dedicated
>>> photographers!).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> *Fun tickets in my pocket, visions in my brain* -- Jimmy Buffett
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Geoff
>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 11 May 2013 06:34, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> LUG:
>>>> 
>>>> I do not understand Leica's obsession with "celebrity photographers"
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> http://loudwire.com/motley-crue-nikki-sixx-leica-camera-photography-serie
>>>> s/
>>>> 
>>>> Tina
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>> 
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Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Motley Crew?)
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Message from chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford) ([Leica] Motley Crew?)
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