Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love the use of shadows on his face in this image. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 29 Feb 2020, at 05:01, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > USA > > TEXAS > > VICTORIA > > > Hi there ? > > > This is a bizarre portrait of John L. McCarty ? famous Texas author and, at > the time of this 1961 photograph, the editor of the Amarillo Citizen. > > > He was at the local police department trying to smooth ruffles after one of > his inexperienced reporters did a story on police brutality. > > > McCarty is famous for, during the Dust Bowl Days, forming ?The Last Man? > club in Dalhart, Texas, for those who would agree to stay instead of > leaving for better climes. > > > He also was a painter. And an historian. One ntire room in his home was > devoted to file cabinets. > > > I met him in 1961; left the paper in 1964 and reported for acgive duty with > the U.S. Navy a year later. > > > He had lived through such history; one of the regrets of my life is that I > wasn?t older when I met him. He made a defining mark on the Texas > Panhandle; I wish I had known him better. A West African saying is always > true" When a man dies, a library burns. > > > ?Bill > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/John+L_+McCarty+-+00054.jpg.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information