Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Eugene Smiths problems
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 08:22:40 -0700
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Rob Appleby wrote:


> Ted, I totally agree with your assessment of WES, both the extraordinary
> power of what he achieved and his extraordinary ego.
>
> I'll just add: when I first picked up a camera in the early 80's, there
were
> two people I wanted to be: HCB and WES. In the end, of course, I became
RA.
> Oh well... ;-)<<<<,

Hey don't knock it, you're a damn fine photographer, they just happened
along at a different time of publications! In today's world they'd be
banging heads with young guys and gals pumping digi cams and bigger
attitudes of what counts in life as good pictures.
ted




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