[Leica] RETROSPECT 1

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Bill, you nailed the first one, and have a great collection gathered 
over the years.

Thanks for sharing them with us.

On 2/26/20 10:18 AM, Bill Clough via LUG wrote:
> USA
> TEXAS
> VICTORIA
> 26 February 2020
>
> Hi there ?
>
> In 1960, I started a 60-year career in journalism. I joining the staff of
> the Amarillo Citizen, earning $25 a week and thought I was rich. I started
> with a Polaroid camera but soon realized the advantage of 35mm. So, I
> brought a Nicca camera at Sears.
>
> No one was prouder than me when I walked into the office with that camera
> around my neck. The publisher, who stood four-foot-seven in riser wheels,
> made up for it by wearing eyeglasses with thick, Italian frames. They must
> have bothered him because every time he had something important to say, he
> would. remove the glasses and rub his nose with his fingers.
>
> "Now Clough," he said, "everyone knows you can;'rt take a good newspaper
> photo except with a 2-1/4 camera>"
>
> I was crushed. At the local camera store I met the chief photographer of
> the daily newspaper. (Later, I would work for him).
>
> "I don't know why he told you that,:" he said. "LIFE Magazine has been
> using them for 30 years."
>
> For the next year, I still used the camera., I just cropped all the photos
> square.
>
> This is the first assignment. A lady had just brought what seemed to her a
> new breed to Amarillo, a Basenji dog. She took her dog outside. I told her
> I would be there is just a second, but first, I had to figure out how to
> load the camera.
>
> This is the start ion a 60-year retrospective. I hope to post one picture a
> day ? my favorite from 100,000 negatives. Don't despair, they number a
> little more than 100 negatives.
>
> Iy always is the tragedy of photographing;phy: his prints sometimes survive
> but the negatives are dumped in a landfill. The ensuing collection is my
> meagre attempt to establish some kind of memory of six decades behind a
> keyboard, a microphone and a viewfinder.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/basenjidog-00000-1.jpg.html
>
> Gallery:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/
>
> Bill
>
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA