Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Was the film the most recent one? I saw Eggleston shot in Reed college in 1976in Oregon the lights were dimmed down there were dye transfer prints. He didn't make them. He is now shooting 5x7 large format. And having 20x24 inch dye transfer prints made from them. Not so much being called "snap shots". Mark William Rabiner > From: Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:57:14 +0100 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Eggleston and the Case for Leica > > > "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote > >> Was that the one when he got drunk with that old lady? >> >> That one was the last one I saw. I think I've seen three of them. > > No, it didn't have any drunk old women in it. It did have him talking about > his work, showing him working, and had excerpts from his "Stranded in > Canton" film which featured people with their lives interlaced with drink, > quaaludes, and other substances that might well take from the enjoyment of > the sybilant click of an M8 shutter. Certainly, it's another aspect of > photo > enhancement. Mr Eggleston uses film though - and prints! > > Douglas > _________ > Douglas Barry > Bray, Co. Wicklow > Republic of Ireland > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information