Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/19

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Subject: [Leica] Clown's Eyes
From: jmaddox01 at suddenlink.net (Jack Maddox)
Date: Tue Jun 19 17:46:46 2007
References: <6af76ca00706191721y719606adg269df0a95463ef2e@mail.gmail.com>

Christopher Birchenhall wrote:
> Hi
>
> Here's a photo with a story but if you are not interested in the story
> please pass on or just look at the photo here (all comments welcome):
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/Image13a_001.jpg.html
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2jh3na
>
> The story? It's title is "Clown's Smile". I was out testing a Leica M3
> (with modern 50mm Elmar) in my usual area (Macclesfield canal) with
> other kit (more on that). When I printed this photo to A4 it reminded
> me of a session of John Prine with Johnny Walker on BBC 2 (UK). One of
> the songs John Prine sung was a version of his "Other Side of Town"
> which has the chorus "a clown puts his make-up upside down so he wears
> a smile even when he wears a frown" . On reflection this boat has a
> clown's smile reflecting its abandon state. The boat resides just
> above bridge 26; both will reoccur in my canal series.
>
> Chris B
>
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Chris,
You can't help but smile back at this great photograph. Thanks for showing
Jack

In reply to: Message from crbirchenhall at googlemail.com (Christopher Birchenhall) ([Leica] Clown's Eyes)