Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/06/25

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Subject: [Leica] Josef Koudelka Exhibition in Chicago
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 07:26:57 +0200
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I note that it will be in Madrid later, excellent! Now that Madrid is just 2 
hours away by high-speed train, it is entirely reasonable to take a day trip 
to see a photo exhibition, at least one of this caliber.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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YNWA










On Jun 25, 2014, at 9:36 PM, Matthew B. Filippini wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka is currently on exhibit at the Art 
> Institute of Chicago. "Josef Koudelka: Nationality Doubtful" runs through 
> September 14, 2014.
> 
> <http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/josef-koudelka-nationality-doubtful>
> 
> I'll be going next week with a colleague of mine, who has already seen it 
> twice, including the opening where he spoke to Mr. Koudelka.  Koudelka 
> mentioned shooting digital panoramas with a Leica.
> 
> According to this article, Leica modified an S2 for him, for panoramic 
> output (masking the sensor and viewfinder?):
>  
> <http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/josef-koudelka-a-restless-eye/>
> 
> "I was using this Fuji panoramic ? but the problem was everyone stopped 
> developing the film. You can?t get 220 film anymore and you needed to 
> carry about 35 kilograms extra. I went to Leica and they did one camera 
> for me that was digital panoramic, which is this S2 camera, and they make 
> two lines and set it on black and white. I made four trips with it 
> together with the film camera. In the last two trips I realized I was 
> taking more pictures with this Leica and I am enjoying it more. The result 
> is very comparable. The lens was exactly the same." 
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from gwpics at icloud.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Josef Koudelka Exhibition in Chicago)
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