Re: [Leica] FS: Photo books and prints by Albert Wang, first three copies for free.

[Chandos Michael Brown <cmbrow@wm.edu>]

Sometimes bluntness is a virtue, and BD's just shown why .  I looked at the 
earlier, 150 image version of Wang's "book."  One is simply struck dumb by 
this enterprise, a remarkable monument both to an unreflecting hutzpah and 
a staggering hubris (you can quote this on your cover blurb, Alfie).

Chandos




At 10:48 AM 9/6/02 -0400, you wrote:

>I agree B.D.
>
>His "craft" is easily the worst I have seen in a long time.
>
>The really pathetic part is labeling himself an "Existentialist" I always
>thought critics and reviewers did that.
>
>
>sl
>
>
> > Okay, enough is a bleeping nuff! It's time to point out that the bleeping
> > Emperor is stark raving naked - and more than a bit mad!
> >
> > What is the theory here - call yourself a photographer - or, in this 
> case, a
> > "street photographer/documentary photographer" and you ARE one? Drop a load
> > of crap off at Kinkos for printing and you are a PUBLISHED photographer?
> >
> > Over the past year or two numerous people on this and other lists have
> > looked at Alfie's work and tried to offer him constructive criticism. 
> And he
> > has ignored all of it - which would be fine if he exhibited one 
> scintilla of
> > talent or originality and was developing a unique style and vision.
> >
> > But he hasn't, and he isn't...
> >
> > The idea that someone would hold himself out as a "photographer" whose work
> > is worth of collecting - with an autograph for God's sake?! - while 
> offering
> > this kind of crap - and I use the word advisedly - to the world is truly
> > appalling.
> >
> > I know that there will be those of you who will say that I am being mean
> > spirited, nasty, or any number of other things. What I am being is honest.
> >
> > What Alfie is doing is demeaning and insulting to all of us who have spent
> > years working at our craft - whether as hobbyists or professionals - honing
> > our skills to the point where we can honestly say, "I am a photographer."
> >
> > Please, for the sake of your own integrity as photographers, do not 
> continue
> > to humor him and play along with this insulting nonsense.
> >
> > B. D. Colen
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Albert Wang
> > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 9:23 AM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: [Leica] FS: Photo books and prints by Albert Wang, first three
> > copies for free.
> >
> >
> > For sale:
> >
> > 1) Postcards of an Existentialist Paperback Monograph
> >
> > Postcards of an Existentialist, despite its title isn't a French
> > existentialist treatise but in terms of its outlook of life influenced by
> > Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre, Eugene Richards, Eric Dolphy, and Ornette
> > Coleman. It is a personal two-year (2001-2) diary about one man's coming to
> > terms with his own depression and loneliness as he returns from graduate
> > school back to the city where he moved away from. It's a dour yet 
> ironic and
> > bitterly humorous portrait of Philadelphia (w/ a few shots of New York 
> City)
> > and it's a stark contrast to any of the daintily pretty pictures we tend to
> > see of the Liberty Bell or Independence Hall. Instead, what we have here is
> > a brutally honest photo-journal of a documentary take of the photographer
> > being viewed with suspicion and distrust or ignorance. It's a visual
> > illustration of the quote from Cool Hand Luke: "What we have here is a
> > failure to communicate."
> >
> > The 107 page book is printed in halftone with plastic covers. The dimension
> > of the book is 8.5 inches by 11 inches.
> >
> > Cost of the book: $30 plus $10 shipping and handling.
> >
> > 2) Complete set of all 96 prints done by the photographer himself and 
> signed
> > on verso. The only size I can print at is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. The
> > prints are sleeved in an archival quality Itoya binder. The person has a
> > choice of options as follows:
> >
> > a) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on Epson
> > Archival Matte Paper (192 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder.
> >
> > Cost of the set of prints: $150 plus $20 shipping and handling and
> > insurance.
> >
> > b) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on
> > Hahnemuhle Photo Matte Paper (170 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder.
> >
> > Cost of the set of prints: $300 plus $20 shipping and handling and
> > insurance.
> >
> > c) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on
> > Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 188 (188 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder.
> >
> > Cost of the set of prints: $500 plus $20 shipping and handling and
> > insurance.
> >
> > d) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) full set of 96 prints on
> > Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 (308 gsm) and sleeved in Itoya binder.
> >
> > Cost of the set of prints: $600 plus $20 shipping and handling and
> > insurance.
> >
> > I am willing to consider other papers (except glossy) such as Legion Photo
> > Matte on special request but at present, this is what is being offered.
> >
> > 3) A choice of 96 prints done by the photographer himself and signed on
> > verso. The only size I can print at is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. The prints
> > are unmatted and will be shipped with a matte board of 11 inches by 14
> > inches. The person has a choice of options as follows:
> >
> > a) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted print on Epson Archival
> > Matte Paper (192 gsm).
> >
> > Cost of the prints: $10 plus $5 shipping and handling and insurance.
> >
> > b) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted print on Hahnemuhle
> > Photo Matte Paper (170 gsm).
> >
> > Cost of the set of prints: $20 plus $5 shipping and handling and insurance.
> >
> > c) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted print on Hahnemuhle
> > Photo Rag 188 (188 gsm).
> >
> > Cost of the set of prints: $40 plus $5 shipping and handling and insurance.
> >
> > d) Self-printed and autographed (on verso) unmatted prints on Hahnemuhle
> > Photo Rag 308 (308 gsm).
> >
> > Cost of the set of prints: $50 plus $5 shipping and handling and insurance.
> >
> > I am willing to consider other papers (except glossy) such as Legion Photo
> > Matte on special request but at present, this is what is being offered.
> >
> > When ordering prints, use a description of the picture which is shown in
> > either the book or the CD-ROM.
> >
> > 4) The complete book on CD-ROM in Abode Acrobat pdf format.
> >
> > Plain non-archival quality CD-ROM without a sleeve which a person can use
> > the catalog to order prints.
> >
> > Cost of the non-archival catalog: $.50 plus $4 shipping and handling.
> >
> > For more information or to order please contact Albert Wang at
> > leica_phile@hotmail.com accordingly. Thanks again for your consideration.
> >
> > Albert "Alfie" Wang
> > Freelance Street/Documentary Photographer
> > 1122 Brill St.
> > Philadelphia PA 19124
> > leica_phile@hotmail.com
> > (215) 668-1809
> >
> >
>
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