Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am just waiting for the Rollei Group book to be ready so that I can order 2 or 3 together. The shipping to India is also excessive... Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >