Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Thank you very much! Phil Forrest On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:10:53 -0600 "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > Very impressive, Phil. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Forrest" <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:42 PM > Subject: [Leica] Finally! My Iraq photo book is done > > > > As many here know, I was an independent duty combat photographer in > > the US Navy attached to NMCB-4 (Hoorah Seabees!) from 2003-2005. In > > August of 2004 I deployed with the 'Bees to Fallujah, Iraq and > > worked to show the infrastructure work the battalion was doing. We > > worked with the deployed battalions of the 1st Marine Division as > > well as US Army combat engineers among others. I was in-country > > from August, 2004 until the first week of January, 2005. > > > > This last few months I have been working on compiling a book of > > photos that I took with my Leicas while there (my work camera was a > > Nikon D2h.) It's finally done and I'm putting this out to hopefully > > generate a buzz to get a sense of the viability of doing a first > > print run of at least 30 copies. As the book is 166 pages, the > > single-print cost on Blurb.com is prohibitive for the would-be > > buyer and I don't want to price the book out of reach. > > > > So here it is: > > http://issuu.com/phil_forrest/docs/fallujah_a_photographers_perspective > > > > Feel free to let me know what you think of it and next week I think > > I'm going to begin taking orders. > > > > Thanks all! > > Phil Forrest > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information