[Leica] from paris - Douglas

[Philippe]

All is fine on board Dubhgas,

François told me off-list that he understands quite well, but finds it difficult to express himself in the language.

Barthes! Always on my bedside table along with Jones's dictionary of English pronunciation when I was a student…
(My favourite was "Fragments d'un Discours Amoureux", well worth the read too).

Stay well!

Amities
Philippe



Le 8 mai 2015 à 03:15, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a écrit :

> Oops Philippe, I forgot about that possibility. Your own facility with English is brilliant and I generously attributed your linguistic adroitness to the entire French nation of Leica users!
> 
> Mind you, I'm struggling with English myself as it's not my first language :-) and particularly this week after re-reading the translation of your fellow countryman Roland Barthes's philosophical consideration of photography "Camera Lucida" which was - to say the least - challenging to read.
> 
> Is mise le meas,
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> Dúbhglas
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 5:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] from paris - Douglas & François
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> Douglas, I'm not sure François will understand the language.
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> François, si tu as besoin d'aide pour traduire/comprendre, fais moi signe
> 
> Amities
> Philippe
> 
> 
> Le 7 mai 2015 à 16:24, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a écrit :
> 
>> Francois,
>> I'd like to have the option of seeing this slightly bigger.
>> 
>> The beggar looks very appealing - in both senses of the word - but, true to the current callousness of modern society, the beggee looks impervious to his beseechings. It's as if that jumper he's wearing is made of kevlar...
>> 
>> The background expressions are intriguing, and the picture is an apt comment on modern society.
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>> That said photographs lie, and the very next frame could show him giving some money over. I'm sure Mr. Barthes had something to say about that in "Camera Lucida". Must check the book.
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>> Looks like the outside of a railway station. Where was it taken?
>> 
>> Douglas
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "François Berton" <f.berton at orange.fr>
>> To: <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 9:22 AM
>> Subject: [Leica] from paris
>> 
>> 
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98509000/so/im2.jpg
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>> Thanks for looking...
>> Fr
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>> François Berton
>> Paris
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>> 06 11 82 07 77
>> f.berton at orange.fr
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>> http://www.berton-photos.eu/
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