[Leica] RETROSPECT 125 [FINAL]

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love this one and all of them?now time for you to share your second 
choices;^)

ric


> On Apr 25, 2020, at 12:38 AM, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> A westbound Amtrak three miles east of the Colorado Continental Divide. It
> doesn?t go over the divide but under through through the 6.2-mile Moffatt
> Tunnel. This Widelux shot was the centerfold of the Peak to Peak ?Day in
> the life? essay.
> 
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Westbound_+Rollinsville_+Colorado_+1988.jpg.html
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> 
> -0-
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> 
>    And so, on my 79th birthday (4/25), the last of 125 images which
> partially summarize 60 years in photojournalism. The collection extends
> from 1960 to 1988. The product of the rest of the years are found on the
> LUG website.
> 
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/
> 
> 
>   I realize this marathon has tried the patience of some. Two of my
> friends asked to be removed from the distribution list.
> 
>    Now that it?s over, work begins on a book. Stay tuned for details.
> 
> 
>   Most especially, my thanks to:
> 
> 
> ?All those who looked and commented.
> 
> *All those who looked and didn?t.
> 
> *Webmaster Brian Reid for his constant help and encouragement.
> 
> ?The LUG website for serving as a platform for this collection.
> 
> *Robert Pledge, founder of the Contact Press Agency, for he knows what and
> he knows why.
> 
> ?And to Ted Grant, God bless him.
> 
> 
>   A final note: For five years I belonged to the staff of the Estes Park
> Trail Gazette, working with what I consider the most talented group of
> journalists in my career. Because the town is the entrance to Rocky
> Mountain National Park, my photographic emphasis immediately switched to
> landscapes. I climbed Longs Peak three times and every summer hiked
> hundreds of miles of trails, always with a camera, a Widelux and lenses in
> my backpack.
> 
>   You will not see any of that product here, nor will anyone else. When
> the owner sold the newspaper to the Denver Post, the new publisher of the
> Trail-Gazette announced that, from now on, the paper would be printed in
> color. That dorkwad then tossed out five decades of negatives and all the
> back issues, dating back to 1914. He was fired for it, but all those
> negatives, all that history, now are rotting in a landfill.
> 
> 
> ?Bill
> 
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