Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No worries Gerry, English is basically just mispronounced French (see nice below), tinged with a pinch of Alsatian in some cases ;-) Fran?ois and Dobhgas Camera Lucida and La Chambre Claire are just one and the same book. Comes from Camera Obscura = Chambre noire (negra/black vs lucida/light) http://www.grand-dictionnaire-latin.com/dictionnaire-francais-latin.php Have a nice oui-caned ;-) Philippe Le 9 mai 2015 ? 10:50, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> a ?crit : > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information