Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net> Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 10:43 Subject: RE: [Leica] What I did today > I think there is much to be said for assuming 'the > cloak of...' the tourist, and playing the role sufficiently > well to wield the camera about with almost naive bemusement! I dress poorly and have a dopey look about me (some have described my look as that of an "oversized elf") and so I fit in the tourist mold quite well, even though I live here. > Though many might choose to conceal their camera, I prefer > to wear it on my chest like the typical tourist and be > right in amonsgt the crowd. That's what I do as well. > You mention being photographed a lot in paris, ever been > snapped by Mnsr Cartier-Bresson?! How would I know? I've heard that he is pretty sneaky. Also, isn't he around 90 years old now? (He _is_ still alive, right?) -- Anthony