Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I?m REALLY looking forward to more installments! great story ric > On Feb 26, 2020, at 11:18 AM, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information