Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jeffery, I have a fair amount of experience meeting LUGgers in person. I have met people from this list in France, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, UK, New York, Philadelphia, and of course many times here in the Benelux. The people are different, the settings are different, but two things are in common: 1) Invariably the meeting is pleasant and interesting; 2) Photography and gear make up a tiny percentage of the conversation. Nathan Jeffery Smith wrote: > This has probably been mentioned before, but a book I'm reading about the > history of Magnum indicates that HCB and the other founders of Magnum sat > around in cafes and talking about everything except photography (to talk > about photography would be pretentious, according to HCB). They usually > talked about politics. Of course, back then Fascism, Communism, Socialism, > and Nazism were relatively new innovations in the way they were being > applied. > > Makes me wonder if there isn't enough to talk about in photography to > sustain a conversation without it veering off into something less > subjective. At least we didn't invent getting off-topic at the drop of a > Tilley. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog