[Leica] RETROSPECT 125 [FINAL]

[Douglas Barry]

Fascinating Bill. And of course, Happy Birthday and keep safe!

Douglas


On 25/04/2020 05:38, Bill Clough via LUG 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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>      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.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/
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>     I realize this marathon has tried the patience of some. Two of my
> friends asked to be removed from the distribution list.
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>      Now that it’s over, work begins on a book. Stay tuned for details.
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>     Most especially, my thanks to:
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> •All those who looked and commented.
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> *All those who looked and didn’t.
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> *Webmaster Brian Reid for his constant help and encouragement.
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> •The LUG website for serving as a platform for this collection.
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> *Robert Pledge, founder of the Contact Press Agency, for he knows what and
> he knows why.
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> •And to Ted Grant, God bless him.
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>     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.
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>     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.
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> –Bill
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