Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Laden or unladen with coconut? On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 3:24 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>wrote: > The main questions remain: > > a) what about hats? > b) which single Isley? > c) How fast is the Wetzlarian swallow in the Southern hemisphere? > d) Should I swap my LTM cron 50 for a 2012 silver nocti without the shade? > e) what sign are you? donkey, lionspro, man-fruity, ? > > Welcome to the club William :-) > Nice portrait of the man with a dagger. > > Philippe in Metz > > > Le 18 mars 12 ? 19:38, William Carter a ?crit : > > > 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<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/<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<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>