Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Dr Dan, Glad to see you here too! I'm the guy you met at the exhibition :) To all luggers, don't miss the show if you happen to be in singapore from now till the end of the year!!! :) David 5 Stones Photo http://www.5stonesphoto.com/blog On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Dan Khong <dankhong at gmail.com> wrote: > Dear LUGgers > > At an elegant champagne reception on 16 Oct and again last night at the > Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore, Leica launched its first ever > exhibition of the works of these photographers outside of Germany (If I > heard that correctly after all the champagne and much food). > > Yes, HCB's "decisive moment" shot is also displayed in the gallery of this > museum. > > Website of the museum: www.acm.org.sg/ > > The exhibition will be displayed till end of 2013. The museum is located > next to the Singapore River with its beautiful scenery, vibrant culture and > historical architecture, and plenty of photo taking opportunities. > > At the reception, I met Peter from Leica and he is the designer of many of > the current crop of APO lenses. Unfortunately, he had to leave for > Frankfurt last evening and so I hope for another chance to catch up. > > I also met some of the people who used to be part of the SLUG (Singapore > Leica Users Group). Some of them have expressed a desire for the group to > be reformed. I need to think about doing that and getting the guys together > again. As you already know, there was a period of uncertainty with the > company when the digital tsunami put many old camera companies out of > business. Thankfully Leica survived and I believe it is moving in the right > direction. > > Leica is directly distributing its cameras and has a flagship outlet at the > Raffles Hotel in Singapore, a nice location with tremendous history older > than Leica itself. There is a showroom and a photo gallery in the premises. > > To put the long story short, if you are passing through Singapore, do make > it a point to view the exhibits. The exhibition area is specially designed > to keep out light that may damage these precious prints. > > Leically > > Dan Khong > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- David Teo Boon Hwee