[Leica] new posting, old images

[mattmorgan1 at mac.com (Matt Morgan)]

Phil,

As a very big blues/R&B obsessive record collector, I'm really pleased  
to see these shots, many thanks. If you have any, I'd love to see any  
general shots of Memphis in that late 60s/early 70s period. I've seen a  
few of, say Beale Street, which at that time had become very run-down,  
way before the tourist site it is today. I really like images of places  
like Stax etc., that had become a bit grown over before being  
demolished. Do you have more for viewing?

Thanks, Matt

On 11/10/2004, at 0:26, Phil Swango wrote:

> Thanks for everyone?s comments on the blues pictures, both on and  
> offlist.  I agree that the picture of Calicott is a better portrait,  
> but the one of Furry Lewis was chosen for publication because of the  
> guitar content, and because Furry was better known than Joe.  I?ve  
> already told this story to some offlist, but I?ll repeat it here for  
> the group:  Furry is in his pajamas, after an afternoon nap, as I  
> recall.  It?s hard to see in the photo, but he has only one leg.  The  
> left one was lost in a railroad accident.  I asked him if the cat was  
> male or female.  He gave me a dirty look and said, ?Female.  That cat  
> sleeps with me.  I don?t sleep with no kind of man.?  You can also see  
> his shotgun leaning against the wall.
>
> The technical shortcomings of the picture don't bother me that much ?  
> I just like the story behind it.  Interestingly, I was able to make a  
> much better print of the somewhat thin negative from the scan in  
> Photoshop than I was ever able to make with wet chemistry.  If anyone  
> missed them the first time around, the pictures are at:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/Phils-LTM-photos/Calicott_small>http:/ 
> /gallery.leica-users.org/Phils-LTM-photos/Calicott_small
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Phils-LTM-photos/Furry_3small
>
> The published version (of Furry) runs a page and a quarter across the  
> fold, cropped on the left (alas) to better fit the layout.  It will be  
> in Guitar World Acoustic magazine, scheduled to hit the newsstands on  
> November 9.
>
>
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