Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Feininger exhibition (Frankfurt/ Main)
From: Dave Munroe <dmunroe@vcd.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 17:02:47 -0800
 
Alfred Breull wrote:

> Just saw a short announcement in tv: Frankfurt/ Main (Germany)
> shows Andreas Feininger, beginning at Dec., 17th.
> 
> Feiniger, who stoped taking pix in the late 80ies because of his
> bad eyes, said in the interview...



Andreas Feininger is alive?!?!  He had considerable influence on
me back in the very early 1970s (his books were old even then) and
this is actually a pleasant surprise.

In one of his books, it is amusing to hear how and why he bought
and sold three different Leicas.

- -Dave