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Subject: [Leica] An M9 or Robert Frank's Contact Sheets?
From: johnbeeching at gmail.com (John Beeching)
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:42:57 +0000
References: <413858.65480.qm@web111718.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Dear John,

I've got "Looking In" and the contacts a fine for me.  A great book,
heartily recommended.

Yours,

John

On 11 March 2010 17:27, John Edwin Mason <profmason at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sorta on-topic, since Robert Frank used a Leica.
>
> Limited editon Japanese publisher Kazuhiko Motomura has just released a
> book that consists solely of Frank's contact sheets from his legendary 
> book,
> The Americans.
>
> The sheets have been enlarged so that each frame is about 2x3.  That's,
> what, about double normal size?
>
> Price?  1,500 bucks.
>
> But, wait, there's more.
>
> To qualify to buy the book, you have to agree to all of Motomura's previous
> publications, which would total about 7,500 dollars.
>
> More info at 5B4:
>
> http://5b4.blogspot.com/2010/03/robert-frank-81-contact-sheets.html
>
> BTW, you can also see the contact sheets Sarah Greenough's Looking In,
> which will only set you back 50 dollars at Amazon.  (You'll want to budget
> for a magnifying glass, however.  The contact sheets are normal size.)
>
> --John
>
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John Beeching
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