[Leica] Jim Rakete gets first S2

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Here's a short bio and some of his work - he's VERY well known over 
here. (In spite of his name - Jim Rocket? :-) )

http://www.camerawork.de/lang-en/photographen-cw-editor-153/55.html

Of course, his portraits are of celebrities who are probably more or 
less unknown outside German speaking countries. (But that's still a 
pretty big market)

Though this page does show Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt and G?nther 
Grass - who should be quite well known elsewhere too ;-)

Cheers
Douglas

Mark Rabiner wrote:
> Many of us just got this email from Leica saying Jim Rakete  just got the
> first S2 and they are now flying out of the factory. Each under their own
> little stork.
> http://s.leica-camera.com/auslieferung-der-leica-s2-gestartet/?lang=en&mid=5
> 55
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/ydvb73x
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> I was encouraged by the head shot they ran of Rakete.
> As he's a white haired dude who looks not younger than I am.
> And he's described as a prominent photographer from Berlin.
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> I wiki'd him to see if they say how old the guy is.
> 1 January 1951, Berlin, Germany  they say.
>
> I  guess we're of the same generation.
> He's 16  days older then I am.
> This makes me feel very mainstream.
> Sometimes I feel over the hill.
> But I'm feeling much better now about the whole issue.
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> Mark William Rabiner
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