Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The big, definitive Capa collection has some of the images from that book. And Steinbeck's no-nonsense writing is a joy to read. Like LUGers, those two annoyed the hell out of one another. Jeffery On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:54:13 -0700, ernie nitka <enitka1@comcast.net> wrote: > Jeff as we've spoken about before Steinbeck's book with Capa photos is such > a special little tome - not to be missed. > > ernie > > At 02:49 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote: > >Her name has been used in the same sentence as "philosopher". I picked > >up her book on photography, but haven't read it yet. It got bumped to > >second place over Steinbeck's Russian Journal on the last plane > >flight. > > > >I guess I will miss her like I will miss Norman Mailer, who is still > >alive. I think. > > > >Jeffery > > > > > >On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:38:37 -0700, ernie nitka <enitka1@comcast.net> > >wrote: > > > ON second thought I can say a few bad things about the dead - here's a > > > few > > > select quotes for us to ponder: > > > > > > http://enitka.com/sontagsayings.html > > > > > > ernie > > > > > > At 01:35 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote: > > > >Richard - let me see which one I have at home - if you want it I can > > > >mail > > > >it to you for the cost of postage - I have never been a fan but of > > > >course > > > >I can't speak poorly of the dead > > > > > > > >ernie > > > > > > > >enitka1@comcast.net > > > > > > > >At 01:28 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote: > > > >>Hmm... again, as late starter on this sort of stuff, I often hear > > > >>criticisms of her writings but actually haven't read anything by her > > > >>yet. > > > >>So if I were to jump in with both feet, which one of her books is the > > > >>most controversial (for good reasons)? > > > >> > > > >>At 12:15 PM 12/28/2004, B D Colen wrote: > > > >> > > > >>>ELowi just informed us of the death of S. Sontag, writing - > > > >>>"Love her or hate her, she died today at 71." > > > >>> > > > >>>Pedantic, self-important, at times so far off-base she wasn't even > > > >>>on > > > >>>the field. > > > >>>And yet at times so brilliantly insightful one cannot escape reading > > her. > > > >>> > > > >>>I don't know that she will be missed. But she will be remembered. > > > >> > > > >>// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > > > >>please > > > >>use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > >>_______________________________________________ > > > >>Leica Users Group. > > > >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Leica Users Group. > > > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >