Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 7/24/2006 2:20:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time, hoppyman@bigpond.net.au writes: Was that Graham (geebee) who was given the exercise by KC? Doesn't he only do stylish landscapes with clouds these days??? This is from GeeBee's webpage: 36 Total Strangers Very few of my shots have people in them and this point was noted by Kyle Cassidy. I waffled some excuse about British reserve and Kyle?s solution was to set me a project where I had to get 36 shots (1 roll of film - remember film?) of total strangers. The theory being that it would cure me once and for all of my personal discomfort at the prospect of sticking a camera in a strangers face. He laid down some rules on equipment (no telephoto lenses), location (no parades) and I had to ask permission before taking the shot. With these in mind I loaded a roll of film and set out on the project. One roll of film proved to be a little over optimistic and it took me eighteen months to get all thirty six :-) http://www.geebeephoto.com/Strangers/index.html Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish