Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/17

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Subject: [Leica] Thousand of street photographer's negatives found after her death.
From: photobynelsch at gmail.com (Bill Nelsch)
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:31:12 -0600
References: <dc51be2a40323fe43301997a2af1c0fa@cshore.com>

Which is why (Thank you again Jim Shulman for the introduction) every year I
make a book with Blurb.com containing what I believe are my best shots of
the year.

Bill in Denver

On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Douglas Nygren <dnygr at cshore.com> wrote:

> Jim Shulman wrote: "This is precisely why I fear the passing of film: can
> you imagine anyone
>
>> finding these as digital images in a storage locker?"
>>
>
> I agree with Jim. Not only will the negatives not be around for future
> generations, but there aren't going to be photographs in shoe boxes for 
> them
> to find.
>
> A lot of stored digital images will simply disappear.
>
> This is not a reason to give up digital, but it behooves us to print and
> print and print, especially family photos and others we cherish. In a few
> years, they will be locked away on our hard drives which few will venture 
> to
> open.
>
> Top of the day from sunny New Haven where we're supposed to be having a
> Nor'easter, but none's to be seen--Doug
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from dnygr at cshore.com (Douglas Nygren) ([Leica] Thousand of street photographer's negatives found after her death.)