Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ralph Gibson
From: Mikiro <arbos@silva.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 15:28:27 +0200

on 24/8/00 1:30 AM, Bill Lawlor at wvl@marinternet.com wrote:

> In the Foreward by a French critic he was
> praised for avoiding any photos of the Eiffel Tower or other examples of
> "monumental France")

I totally agree with Duras in this regard.  The world is fed up with that
stuff (except for one by Michael Kenna, probably).
 
> At the end of Historie de France there is a self portrait in a mirror
> showing Gibson with a M6 on a wrist strap and what appears to be a IIIg on a
> neck strap.

IIIf (? I do not remember) printed on his T-shirt. A lovable rogue.

MIKIRO
http://arbos.silva.net