Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]it is on the way ... cheers Lluis El 16/07/2011, a las 17:45, scleroplex escribi?: > waiting! waiting! > :-) > bharani > > > Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:36:58 -0700 > From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca> > Subject: [Leica] "INDIGNATS" The BOOK! ARRIVED! > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Message-ID: <A01240EA9115429C89012F4838034477 at syneticfeba505> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > INDIGNATS........ the book arrived today! WOW!!!!!!!!!!! > > May I suggest if you consider yourself a photographer who enjoys > interesting > photography shot by others........... BUY THIS BOOK WITHOUT QUESTION! > > Some of you know I have a personal library of many hundreds of > photography > related books, a hobby of mine. I think the oldest dating back to > 1910, > title " The Romance of Modern Photography." Hardly call it "modern by > today's standards." Extremely interesting! But that isn't what this > post is > about! > > Lluis Ripoll's book "INDIGNATS" held my attention today while I went > front > to back again and again at least 6 or 7 times! Maybe 8, but it's so > well > assembled, the photography as street photography is classic of the > best with > the greats! Yes you will see some from the LUG gallery, but who > cares. As > this is as spell binding as a collection as you turn page after > page. Street > photography as good as it gets. > > You're not buying a book made up of images by Cartier Bresson that > you've > seen in a previous dozen books or more. We've seen them so often > during the > past 70 or more years we've memorized his work, we've seen it so > often. Damn > near "boring!!!!" Jeeeeeeshhhh don't get up set as I've been looking > at his > photography since 1949! Lluis is all brand new! :-) Actually the new > kid on > the block! > > INDIGNATS? A beautifully printed quality of B&W as B&W should look! > I'd say > the best of the BLURB publications I've seen. That's the technical > stuff. > It's the photography, page after page of split second reactions > capturing > life's passing moments. Quite amazing indeed. > > So ladies and gentlemen if you like photography books, after all why > wouldn't you, we are photographers after all. Get a copy of Lluis's > "INDIGNATS" as it's one of those special photo books; > A: you can't put it down! > B: You'll look through it many times, amazed each time. And he's one > of our > Crew! Thank you all. > > Cheers, > Dr. ted :-) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information