[Leica] Hello from William Carter

[jshulman at judgecrater.com (Jim Shulman)]

Oh, you belong to the Leica USERS tribe.  The collectors tribe is happy to
exchange information about hyperfocal distance charts and stroke their
apertures.

I often shoot in a la mode--which is when I drop ice cream on top of my
well-loved M3.

Here's to worn chrome, chipped vulcanite, and lots of terrific images
ahead.

Best,
Jim Shulman
Wynnewood, PA


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
William Carter
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 2:39 PM
To: lug at leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] Hello from William Carter

Hello LUG:

William Carter here. By way of introduction, I've had a 50+-year
5-continents career as a photographer and author, shooting most of my
photos with Leicas. Been published in LIFE, the London Sunday Times,
Geographical Magazine and others.1966-69 freelanced from London, doing
assignments for New York Times, Women's Wear Daily, and TWA's Annual
Report, etc. I've authored 5 books of photographs and text including Ghost
Towns of the West, Middle West Country, Preservation Hall, Illuminations
(nudes), and my latest (came out last summer) published by Steidl, Causes
and Spirits.

A lot of my work is online at http://wcarter.us but I will be posting on
your gallery as well. I have a blog at
http://bywilliamcarter.wordpress.com where I use some of my work and other
graphic elements

My long closeup love affair with the Leica M-series began with an equally
passionate long-distance love affair with one of its most famous users,
Henri Cartier-Bresson.  (I tell the story of my non-meeting with Henri in
Causes and Spirits and in the occasional readings at bookstores I have
been doing.)  Most of that book was shot with M-3's and M-2's; I still
only have an M-4 with motor drive but sadly don't use it; I am only
shooting digital these days.  I have twice visited the shrine/factory in
Wetzlar/Solms, Germany.

I like the idea of the user group but am constitutionally not a group
sharer or communicator, or tech savvy, cannot get into those exchanges,
sorry about that. My current blogging has been on the subject of
tribalism, which I witnessed professionally worldwide as a
photographer/writer. Please see "Them vs. Us and Beyond" at
http://bywilliamcarter.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/them-vs-us-and-beyond/
The photo, which is on the cover of the current The Sun Magazine, is of a
Yemeni tribesman taken in 1964 while I was living in Beirut.

So do I belong to the Leica tribe?  Probably not.  I use my beat-up
cameras close up, I do not worship them from afar.

Best,

William Carter

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