Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It was 2007. On Monday, August 19, 2019, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > 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.... > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information