[Leica] Diesel in the snow

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Thanks on the info on the poem not being done by Ginsberg.
He for sure used an M6 extensively I've seen more than one photo of him with
his camera over the years.


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Phil Swango <pswango@att.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 11:32:42 -0700
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> Subject: [Leica] Diesel in the snow
> 
> 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.o
> rg/exhibitions/detail.php?uid=20>
> 
> He didn't write "Paterson," though.  That was WC Williams.
> 
> -- 
> Phil Swango
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