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Subject: [Leica] OKCLUG Goes To Salgado Movie
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Fri, 01 May 2015 16:45:24 -0500
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Yes, it is a fine film well worth buying though I enjoyed it on the big 
screen.  Thing I can't figure out, is that I have the same gear he uses 
but my photos don't turn out as well.

Ken

On 5/1/2015 4:04 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> My wife and I were the 100% of the audience in San Hose. It was well worth
> it. I have seen a number of Mr. Salgado's prints in person and they are
> awe-inspiring.
>
> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> The Salt of the Earth opened in Oklahoma City this afternoon.  Ken Carney
>> and I were 50% of the first showing's audience.
>>
>> Nonetheless, we highly recommend it.  It is not 'pretty' in that he
>> photographed a great deal of the worst of humanity and many of those
>> photographs are displayed in their full awful beauty, but the filmmakers
>> (Wim Wenders and Salgado's son Juliano) try to leave you on a somewhat
>> hopeful note.
>>
>> Even if they succeeded generally I am still not hopeful I'll ever be able
>> to produce images with that tonal range and d-max.  Even if I buy better
>> cameras.
>>
>> --Bob
>>
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Replies: Reply from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] OKCLUG Goes To Salgado Movie)
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