Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]About fifteen years ago I was invited to be a speaker at the annual
gathering of NYLUG -- the New York Leica Users Group. The meeting was
held at ICP, whose website at www.icp.org asserts:
"The International Center of Photography (ICP) is the world?s
leading
institution dedicated to photography and visual culture."
There were 15 or 20 Leica Users in attendance. The NYLUG organizer (John
Lee) wanted to get a group photograph of the attendees. Kyle Cassidy was
in the group, and he went off to find someone who could take the
picture. He came back with a person who he said was a senior photography
instructor there at ICP. Someone provided an M7 with a 35/1.4 Summilux
on it, and we all gathered in a pose.
It soon became obvious that the photography instructor had no idea what
to do with a rangefinder camera. I don't remember how we ended up with
photos--was the instructor suitably instructed, or was a new
photographer found? Come to think of it, I'm not sure I ever saw a copy
of that photo.
It's a good thing the M7 had been loaded with film before it was handed
to the instructor....