Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Speaking of Photography -- Sally Mann on Charlie Rose
From: "lea" <lea@whinydogpress.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:33:33 -0600
References: <200311131406.hADE6R231187@perch.serverhost.net>

I've seen the book and it is beautifully printed. I didn't see the show
but sure wish I would have. Maybe it will run again some
day...............................

Lea

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From: "Kit McChesney" <kitmc@acmefoto.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:06 AM
Subject: [Leica] Speaking of Photography -- Sally Mann on Charlie Rose


> I hope I wasn't the only LUG member who tuned in to Charlie Rose last
night
> (it's on really late here, but worth staying up for) to see Sally Mann
> interviewed about her past work, but more about her new book, "What
> Remains." In her new work she has actually photographed "remains"
(dead
> bodies) ... on first glance, one might think the work gruesome, but
> actually, the work is incredibly moving and terrifically beautiful.
All
> large format work. She revealed an interesting note about how she
works. I'm
> paraphrasing here ... "I have no light meter, and no shutter on the
camera,
> so I just put my hand in front of the lens and remove it for the time
that I
> estimate the exposure requires."
>
> Kit
>
>
>
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