Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought his name is Herbert Keppler. His father was Victor Keppler, one of the famous photographers of the 1940s&50s. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Rubin" <vroger@gmail.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 5:15 PM Subject: [Leica] A chance meeting- > Hi All: > I received a call late in the day on the 20th of June, as to whether I > wanted to attend an awards dinner honoring 2 gentlemen from the > imaging industry. Upon taking my seat at my table, I was more than > delighted to find I was sitting next to Victor Keppler, one of the > best known columnists in the United States' photo magazine scene. We > had at least one person in common and Victor took it from there with > anecdotes and stories. There is no one of photo import that he hasn't > met. I have rarely enjoyed an awards dinner as much. The honorees were > strangers to me, but Victor, though we had never met before was like > an old friend. I hope to keep up the friendhip. Although raised on > film, we each whipped out a pocket digital. The result of mine is > below. vroger > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/vroger/image-84969.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >