[Leica] RETROSPECT 125 [FINAL]

[Philippe]

Well, if Ric did, I do not ;-)

A second helping please Sir !  will help us wait for the first Book :-)

Amities

Philippe



> Le 25 avr. 2020 à 18:19, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
> 
> Surely you jest...
> 
> bc
> 
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 11:04 AM CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Westbound_+Rollinsville_+Colorado_+1988.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -0-
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   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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