Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/22

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Subject: [Leica] Potato Photo
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 10:16:13 +0530
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Well, Weston clearly saw a future in peppers...
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 7:54 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm thinking there might be a future in carrots.
>
> from my iPad
>
> Sonny Carter
>
> > On Jan 22, 2016, at 6:37 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > When we, known as "REAL PHOTOGRAPHERS" find ourselves in a somehow
> entrapped
> > situation as this absolutely ridiculous "BS" potatoe image nonsense?
> >
> > My goodness I can't believe I've allowed myself to become trapped into it
> > again?
> >
> > We can only save ourselves from becoming screaming out of mind lunatics
> by?
> > "DELETE the IMAGE IMMEDIATELY" go outside and have a damn good
> "THROW-UP!"
> > Not sure it'll improve your photography? But it'll get that idiot and his
> > SO-CALLED POTATOE?" Off your mind for a few minutes!
> >
> > cheers my friends,
> > and have a nice afternoon and evening.  :-)
> > cheers Dr.ted.
> >
> > If this should continue to give you grief & pain???  Take two aspirin and
> > call or e-me tomorrow morning after 10 a.m, Thank you.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of
> > Douglas Barry
> > Sent: January-22-16 7:26 AM
> > To: lrzeitlin at aol.com; Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Potato Photo
> >
> > The Harry Gruyaert book that was mentioned here a couple of months ago
> > finally arrived at my local library having been winged over from some
> other
> > branch in Dublin. I collected it this morning and before looking at the
> > images contained in it, I read the foreword. My god, it is prententious
> > codswallop written by someone who is firmly up his own arsehole, as well
> as
> > poor Gruyaert's. I'll look at the pictures later as the fierce afternoon
> low
> >
> > winter sunlight is making it hard to swim through the full appreciation
> > demanded by Gruyaert's dance through both nature's and life's
> scintillating
> > colour wheel....
> >
> > Jaysus, it's catching...
> > Douglas
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry Zeitlin via LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>
> > To: <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 2:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Potato Photo
> >
> >
> >> When my wife is asked to submit an "artist's statement" she replies:
> >> "People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But
> >> really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate
> >> themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. My own work is
> >> utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance."
> >>
> >> Suitable for the potato picture? Publicity anyone?
> >> Larry Z
> >>
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com) ([Leica] Potato Photo)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] Potato Photo)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Potato Photo)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Potato Photo)