Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/16

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Eggleston cameras
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:49:16 -0500

I don't think winning the Hasselblad Award requires use of a Hasselblad.
Didn't Robert Frank win the award a few years ago?

Dan C.

At 04:52 PM 16-02-00 -0000, Jeremy Kime wrote:
>Tina,
>My Eggleston book provides a chronology wherein we discover:
>1937	Born in Memphis, Tennessee
>1957	Acquires first camera, a Canon rangefinder
>1958	Acquires first Leica
>	...and so on until 1990 but no mention of acquiring any other camera
>is noted! I'm sure he'll have got his Hasselblad since 1990 but it seems his
>Leica was obviously important to him if it got a listing in his chronology!
>
>	best wishes,
>	Jem
>
>> ----------
>> From: 	Tina Manley[SMTP:images@InfoAve.Net]
>> 
>> LUGnuts -
>> 
>> This discussion has been very interesting and has at least gotten some of
>> us thinking.  I have ordered a book of Eggleston's photographs from
>> Amazon.com to see if I can figure out why some of the LUGnuts I admire
>> also admire Eggleston.  
>> The book is the Hasselblad Award Book so I assume none of the photos are
>> with Leicas  :-)
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>> http://www.tinamanley.com
>> 
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