[Leica] RETROSPECT 125 [FINAL]

[Bill Clough]

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.


http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Westbound_+Rollinsville_+Colorado_+1988.jpg.html




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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