Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 3, 2008, at 5:42 AM, Pablo Kolodny wrote: > Being all that I heard here about Steve's and others books too only > thing I > have to comment is that shipping to Argentina is just prohibitive. > Maybe I'd have to make them ship to a friend of mine somewhere else > and see > what/when/how to forward those good books to me and I will look into this here... Steve > or just wait until I can > pick them up. Some day. > > Pablo > > > hoppyman@bigpond.net.au wrote: > >> Fellow LUGgers, I've just received my copy of "I never wanted to be >> famous" >> by Steve Barbour. I expected the mood of the pictures to be bleak >> given the >> emotional subject matter. Instead I found them to be sensitive and >> even >> uplifting photographs. I thought that the presentation was quite >> stark, >> being all black pages and this tended to give me an impression that >> some >> photos would benefit from a lighter scheme. However, that is entirely >> personal taste. The reproduction of the (all black and white) >> photos is very >> good and commendably neutral. My copy came from Switzerland. I >> think that >> Steve has produced a very worthwhile book, filled with sensitive >> and high >> quality photographs. His care and devotion to these children is very >> apparent. >> >> I recommend this one highly for everyone's bookshelf. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Geoff >> >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information