Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/24

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Subject: [Leica] Was RE: Don's PAW 28 or so, (SonC@aol.com), now photographing strangers
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Jul 24 15:37:19 2006

Thanks Sonny, for pointing me to that gallery.
They have the unmistakeable stamp of Graham's photography in rural Britain.
I'll make an effort to try a little of the same approach.

Cheers
Hoppy

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
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