[Leica] Hello from William Carter

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

Oops.  Is there something I don't know here?

Tina

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why worry about it William? If you phish and troll long enough you're
> bound to catch something.
>
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 2:38 PM, William Carter
> <bywilliamcarter at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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Tina Manley, ASMP
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