Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It strikes me as odd that the poster outlines his cv and links to wares for sale to a group he somewhat dismisses as equipment worshipers. Maybe he'll participate in on going discussions going forward, maybe not. If he does, I will have been proved wrong, On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > 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 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information