[Leica] The Family of Man 2 Project

[cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer)]

Dear Alastair,
Congratulations - sometimes really great things take a little longer!
Cheers
Howard
>
> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 06:43:10 -0700
> From: "Alastair Firkin" <afirkin@afirkin.com>
> Subject: [Leica] 8 years in the making: here it is.
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>
> The Leica Users Group Project book: The Family of Man 2 Project is  
> ready for purchase. It is a big book 318 pages and over 500 images  
> from many of us here on the group. The book is the publication of 5  
> years of work from 2000, and after a few attempts to have it  
> published by commercial groups, it is now self published here. The  
> LUG has been using BLURB to make year books and personal records,  
> but no LUG book has been on this scale. It is not cheap. Being 13 by  
> 11 inches and 318 pages, its a large work, BUT I think it works  
> well. I know I will have made mistakes etc, BUT it is now up to you  
> to decide;
>
> http://tiny.cc/HOd7P
>
> <http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/157416/449fb7ad2d7bf07640384cb6eff6d7b5
>  
> >
>
> I am trying to make a smaller cheaper version, encouraged by Steve  
> Barbour, but there are a few technical problems, that I will ask the  
> group to try solving. Until then, this is your chance to see work  
> from Ted, Tina, John, George and Ringo.
>
> Cheers and here's luck: let me know what you think
>
> Alastair