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Subject: [Leica] Re: Conformity in Athens NOW BEING A SHOOTER!
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Thu Aug 19 22:50:44 2004
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JCB  said:
Subject: [Leica] Re: Conformity in Athens NOW BEING A SHOOTER!


> Your 1988 Seoul Olympics shot, taken with a 280 APO, on page 280, is
> spectacular!<<<<<<<

JB,
I see you have a copy of the Leica produced book "75 Years of Leica
Photography!" :-) This is one of my favourite Leica books because each
photographer has, "one picture!" Not even the so called "greats" of Leica
users have more than one. It's kind of soul levelling because it's an
equalizer if you like, when you know your one photograph made it along with
one HCB and many other greats and ordinary folks, all leica users.

It's the most motivating photo book I own because before you're half way
through it, even though you may have looked through it a dozen times and
know many of the pictures to come before you turn the page............ you
become wired and just want to get a Leica and out the door to take pictures
and it doesn't matter what, you just want to shoot something. ;-)

If yer dragging your ass and unmotivated just look through this book and
you'll be up and rarin' to picture rock and roll in no time. :-)

Yep the 280mm shot of Ben Johnson is a nice photo on page 280. :-) Thanks
for remembering it.

ted




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Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Conformity in Athens)
Message from feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio) ([Leica] Conformity in Athens)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Conformity in Athens NOW BEING A SHOOTER!)
Message from jcb at visualimpressions.com (JCB) ([Leica] Re: Conformity in Athens NOW BEING A SHOOTER!)