Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/29
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On 29 Oct 97, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:
> As an M Leicaman I can try to emulate his standards of technical
> quality and insight.
I have a local friend who is an extremely talented photographer and
darkroom technician. Franco works in all formats from Leicas up to
8x10. An avid traveller, he makes a point of seeking out the exact same
photographic sites that Ansel photographed. Armed with the patience of
Job, an understanding of light that I'm in awe of, and a wife with
loving patience to match his, Franco waits, photographs, waits and
photographs some more.
He brings beautiful images back that we ooh and ahh over, but, good as
they are, Ansel's are better. With our convenient archive of Ansel's
original work here at the Center for Creative Photography at the
University of Arizona campus, it gives us the opportunity to compare
side by side. *This* is why I'm all agog over Ansel!
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Roger Beamon
Naturalist & Photographer
Leica Historical Society Of America
mailto:beamon@primenet.com
Thought for the day:
Romance begins when you sink into his arms,
and ends with your arms in his sink!