[Leica] IMG: Brighton Beach - FAO Jay

[Gerry Walden]

Thank you Jay - very good of you to look and to comment. I have to agree, I prefer the colour one.

Hope you are well,

Gerry

Gerry Walden
023 8046 3076

> On 27 Apr 2015, at 19:56, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote:
> 
> YES!
> Gerry, you know how much I like b&w images ;-) but this one is smashing in colour!
> 
> Jay
> 
> On 4/27/2015 1:08 AM, Gerry Walden wrote:
>> Philippe
>> 
>> Thank you for your kind comments about my image, and for comparing it with the work of the John Hinde postcard people. The image was, of course, shot in colour because it is a raw file from the X-Pro1 and in the light of your comments I have now uploaded it in colour (which in hindsight I think I prefer). You can see it here:
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/_2AE3267-3.jpg.html
>> 
>> Your opinion on the colour version would be appreciated.
>> 
>> Kindest best wishes to you both,
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> Gerry Walden
>> 023 8046 3076
>> 
>>> On 26 Apr 2015, at 20:10, Philippe <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Wednesday I visited a new landscape photographic gallery in Brighton,
>>>>> and whilst there took this image overlooking the beach:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/_2AE3267.jpg.html <
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/_2AE3267.jpg.html>
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>> So reminiscent of John Hinde's Butlins adverts and postcards.
>>> Yours Gerry, albeit being in BW, show the same soul, that of the everlasting Britain of the 60s :-)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://we-english.co.uk/blog/2009/08/19/butlins-reborn-and-the-john-hinde-postcards/
>>> 
>>> " The postcards were brought together in a wonderful book edited by Martin Parr and published by Chris Boot. Our True Intent is all for Your Delight was published in 2005.
>>> 
>>> “Long viewed only as a master of kitsch Hinde is now recognised, albeit posthumously, as a peerless social documentarian. Dazzling in their their colour intensity and strange clarity…. Visionary, Wonderful.” Sean O’Hagan, The Observer, London
>>> 
>>> “Extraordinary…the combination of aesthetics and promotion produced something that bypasses documentary and approaches an arresting British surrealism.” David Jays, Financial Times "
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Congrats and thanks for bringing up sweet memories of Clacton-on-Sea. Well, that was long before UKIP ….
>>> 
>>> Amities
>>> Philippe
> 
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