Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark William, I know I've been away; but next time there is a NYC LUG meeting, please to inform :-) I'm a couple hundred miles north but do get to "the City" pretty regularly and for one of these, if no conflict, I'll be there Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 12:56 PM Subject: [Leica] NYLUG Meeting > We had a great NYLUG meeting yesterday with the outdoor temperature being > in > the 90's. Today its even hotter. > At the School of the International Center of Photography School > The new location for the new Get Smart movie or should have been. > Few of the people going to the bathroom ever made it back. > One of the airlocks didn't recognize them and decompressed. > Or I think it was the lasers right outside the Platinum printing room. > > Lugger Philip Forrest of Philadelphia, PA and before that New Mexico did > the > first presentation. > First though he told us about his tour of Iraq in the Navy. > It was a life changing experience.... > for us to experience this presentation. > Some great imagery; and a notable and rare dedication to Leica use. > With a little Nikon thrown in. > > Tina Manley I knew a bit better and longer from the LUG; a decade perhaps. > And had just met her and her husband in Rochester in October. > But I thought I had a grasp of her work. > Its effect in a concentrated image show like this was unpredictably > strong. > I'm sure Tina will have books out soon and be thought of as one of the > formooust photographers of our era; and we'll be able to say we knew her > when. Telling her which lens cap to use. > > Afterward we went down the street and sat at not a round table but a > rectangular one. We all had a great time and talk. And the > air-conditioning > was beyond reproach. I'm almost giddy thinking about the air conditioning. > I got the sword fish. No sword. Not even an umbrella! > Could have used both for my subway trip back. > > Great to see everybody!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > > mark@rabinergroup.com > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >