Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: Paterson home of the Colt company who made the Colt Paterson 45 And Alan Ginsberg who didn't pack one, But packed a Leica M6. And wrote the pivotal Beat Poem "Paterson". ======================================== Nice, Mark. I once had a 1972 280 SEL 4.5 -- obviously not a diesel, but I can still relate. I didn't know Ginsberg used an M6, but I knew he was something of a photographer and made a lot of casual portraits from the beat era using a Retina (http://www.samuseum.org/exhibitions/detail.php?uid=20).<http://www.samuseum.org/exhibitions/detail.php?uid=20> He didn't write "Paterson," though. That was WC Williams. -- Phil Swango 307 Aliso Dr SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-262-4085