Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wish my knowledge of languages was as good as yours Philippe. I manage English quite well ;>) and I can just about get by in German, but French and Spanish are a struggle for me in any form. Gerry Gerry Walden 023 8046 3076 > On 9 May 2015, at 09:39, Fran?ois Berton <f.berton at orange.fr> wrote: > > Thanks to you all friends !! > il understand quite well ! > > Works of Roland Barthes are near of my bed... > in french one of them is "La chambre claire" opposite to darkroom. > one famous shop of photographic books in Paris is called la chambre claire > > All is fine on board Dubhgas, > > Fran?ois told me off-list that he understands quite well, but finds it > difficult to express himself in the language. > > Barthes! Always on my bedside table along with Jones's dictionary of > English pronunciation when I was a student? > (My favourite was "Fragments d'un Discours Amoureux", well worth the read > too). > > Stay well! > > Amities > Philippe > > > > Le 8 mai 2015 ? 03:15, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > >> Oops Philippe, I forgot about that possibility. Your own facility with >> English is brilliant and I generously attributed your linguistic >> adroitness to the entire French nation of Leica users! >> >> Mind you, I'm struggling with English myself as it's not my first >> language :-) and particularly this week after re-reading the translation >> of your fellow countryman Roland Barthes's philosophical consideration of >> photography "Camera Lucida" which was - to say the least - challenging to >> read. >> >> Is mise le meas, >> >> D?bhglas >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 5:27 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] from paris - Douglas & Fran?ois >> >> >> Douglas, I'm not sure Fran?ois will understand the language. >> >> Fran?ois, si tu as besoin d'aide pour traduire/comprendre, fais moi signe >> >> Amities >> Philippe >> >> >> Le 7 mai 2015 ? 16:24, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : >> >>> Francois, >>> I'd like to have the option of seeing this slightly bigger. >>> >>> The beggar looks very appealing - in both senses of the word - but, true >>> to the current callousness of modern society, the beggee looks >>> impervious to his beseechings. It's as if that jumper he's wearing is >>> made of kevlar... >>> >>> The background expressions are intriguing, and the picture is an apt >>> comment on modern society. >>> >>> That said photographs lie, and the very next frame could show him giving >>> some money over. I'm sure Mr. Barthes had something to say about that in >>> "Camera Lucida". Must check the book. >>> >>> Looks like the outside of a railway station. Where was it taken? >>> >>> Douglas >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran?ois Berton" <f.berton at >>> orange.fr> >>> To: <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 9:22 AM >>> Subject: [Leica] from paris >>> >>> >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98509000/so/im2.jpg >>> >>> Thanks for looking... >>> Fr >>> -------------------------------------------------------- >>> Fran?ois Berton >>> Paris >>> >>> 06 11 82 07 77 >>> f.berton at orange.fr >>> >>> http://www.berton-photos.eu/ >>> -------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> > Fran?ois. > > _______________________ > Fran?ois Berton > 62, rue Charlot > 75003 Paris > 06 11 82 07 77 > f.berton at orange.fr > http://www.berton-photos.eu/ > __________________________ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information