[Leica] Potato Photo

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

I'm thinking there might be a future in carrots.  

from my iPad

Sonny Carter

> On Jan 22, 2016, at 6:37 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> When we, known as "REAL PHOTOGRAPHERS" find ourselves in a somehow 
> entrapped
> situation as this absolutely ridiculous "BS" potatoe image nonsense?
> 
> My goodness I can't believe I've allowed myself to become trapped into it
> again?
> 
> We can only save ourselves from becoming screaming out of mind lunatics by?
> "DELETE the IMAGE IMMEDIATELY" go outside and have a damn good "THROW-UP!"
> Not sure it'll improve your photography? But it'll get that idiot and his
> SO-CALLED POTATOE?" Off your mind for a few minutes!  
> 
> cheers my friends,
> and have a nice afternoon and evening.  :-)
> cheers Dr.ted.
> 
> If this should continue to give you grief & pain???  Take two aspirin and
> call or e-me tomorrow morning after 10 a.m, Thank you.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of
> Douglas Barry
> Sent: January-22-16 7:26 AM
> To: lrzeitlin at aol.com; Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Potato Photo
> 
> The Harry Gruyaert book that was mentioned here a couple of months ago 
> finally arrived at my local library having been winged over from some 
> other 
> branch in Dublin. I collected it this morning and before looking at the 
> images contained in it, I read the foreword. My god, it is prententious 
> codswallop written by someone who is firmly up his own arsehole, as well 
> as 
> poor Gruyaert's. I'll look at the pictures later as the fierce afternoon 
> low
> 
> winter sunlight is making it hard to swim through the full appreciation 
> demanded by Gruyaert's dance through both nature's and life's 
> scintillating 
> colour wheel....
> 
> Jaysus, it's catching...
> Douglas
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry Zeitlin via LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>
> To: <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Potato Photo
> 
> 
>> When my wife is asked to submit an "artist's statement" she replies:
>> "People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But 
>> really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate 
>> themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. My own work is 
>> utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance."
>> 
>> Suitable for the potato picture? Publicity anyone?
>> Larry Z
>> 
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