Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]1880-1900 IS the turn of the 20th century. -dan c. At 06:43 PM 26-01-05 +0100, Ruben wrote: >please accept my appologies if I am wrong but was Jacob Riis not at the >turn >of the 19th century (1880-1900) ?? - ruben >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Phil Swango" <pswango@att.net> >To: <lug@leica-users.org> >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:27 PM >Subject: [Leica] PJ secrets revealed > > >>I just ran across this quote from the autobiography of Jacob Riis, the >>Danish immigrant who photographed the NYC slums at the turn of the 20th >>century: >> >> "It is not too much to say that our party carried terror wherever it >> went. >> The flashlight of those days was contained in cartridges fired from a >> revolver. The spectacle of half a dozen strange men invading a house in >> the midnight hour armed with big pistols which they shot off recklessly >> was hardly reassuring, however sugary our speech, and it was not to be >> wondered at if the tenants bolted through windows and down fire-escapes >> wherever we went." >> >> This was in "An American Century of Photography" (Abrams, NYC, 1995). >> Great book, BTW. It'll take your mind off of which dilution of Xtol to >> use, or whether you really _need_ that latest aspherical from Solms. >> >> Ted and Tina, please tell me you've never broken into someone's home at >> midnight with a party of six :)! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Phil Swango >> 307 Aliso Dr. SE >> Albuquerque, NM 87108 >> 505-262-4085 >> 714-908-7846 (fax) >> pswango@att.net >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >