Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/19
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Also shows, IMO, the wrong way to hand a firearm to someone.
> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:14:45 -0400
> From: lew1716 at gmail.com
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Tina's "Tea Party" reunion propaganda photo
>
> The suggestion that gun ownership is ok simply and only because it's
> personally fulfilling or an aspect of cultural bonding is absurd. Of
> course, the statement itself is irrefutable, but it totally dodges the
> basic question of whether or not gun owners would forgo their pleasures or
> rights in exchange for the lives at Newton.
>
> -Lew Schwartz
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Philippe <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> wrote:
>
> > I meant it Tina; and I can now put a name to what make them special:
> > intimacy.
> >
> > Keep them coming but stay on the safe side ;-)
> >
> > Amities
> > Philippe
> >
> > Le 19 oct. 2013 ? 15:52, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> a ?crit :
> >
> > > Thanks, Philippe! That is the best compliment you could give me. Of
> > > all
> > > of Ted's excellent photos, the Cowboys resting is my absolute favorite.
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 8:29 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at
> > > sfr.fr
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Le 19 oct. 13 ? 13:57, Jean-Michel Mertz a ?crit :
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> This is an excellent photo, not out of focus at all, the main subject,
> > >>> people (men) handling a handgun, is clearly at the centre, my eye
> > >>> goes
> > >>> there direct, and then there's the rest of the family, women
> > >>> abviously,
> > >>> enjoying coffee and a good talk, probably, while their men comment on
> > the
> > >>> best way to use the thing they are so passionate about. Life and
> > >>> death.
> > >>> This is what this picture is about and this is why it is iconic.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Agreed Jean-Michel.
> > >>
> > >> Life: three generations of women, plus are they not the ones who give
> > >> birth?
> > >>
> > >> Death: Apart from the gun, the lady with the fixed glaze set in the
> > >> distance on the left-hand side looks like a cross between a statue
> > >> and a
> > >> stiff as a result (sorry Miss). The photo even includes wreaths in the
> > >> background ... speak of readiness.
> > >>
> > >> Also, the carton below the hand ironically reads half-half ...
> > >>
> > >> Everything clicks!
> > >>
> > >> The more I look at it the more I think this photo is one of your very
> > best
> > >> Tina and, I don't know exactly why, reminds me of Ted's Cowboys
> > >> resting
> > in
> > >> that cabin.
> > >>
> > >> Philippe in awe.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Today in Alabama. Could be Georgia where my daughter lives. "When will
> > >>> they ever learn?" Thanks, Tina.
> > >>> JM
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Jean-Michel Mertz
> > >>> Strasbourg
> > >>>
> > >>> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:35:32 -0400
> > >>>> From: images at comporium.net
> > >>>> To: lug at leica-users.org
> > >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Tina's "Tea Party" reunion propaganda
> > >>>> photo
> > >>>>
> > >>>> http://www.pbase.com/**tinamanley/image/152934358<
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/152934358>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I would appreciate your opinion, Mark.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Tina
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible
> > >> to
> > >> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince.
> > >> NO ARCHIVE
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >
> > > --
> > > Tina Manley
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> > >
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