[Leica] RETROSPECT 9

[Jim Nichols]

Great images, Bill.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 4, 2020, at 10:18 AM, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi there –
> 
> 
>   When Benny Goodman left the stage at the Amarillo City Auditorium in
> 1963, I had th audacity to follow him into his downstairs dressing room to
> ask if I could photograph him while he practiced.
> 
> 
>   Goodman was as much a gentleman as he was a performer. Without
> hesitation, he asked me where I wanted him to place himself in the tiny
> dressing room and what I wanted him to do. He graciously obeyed.
> 
> 
>   These Goodman frames serve to remind me of a beginning photographer’s
> vital lesson: As my colleague – and retired airline pilot – Tyler Vance
> always says, “you can’t land unless you make an approach.”
> 
> 
>   I don’t think these ever were published, but they remain in my memory
> like a haunting refrain of a clarinet, heard from a long way off and a long
> time ago.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Benny+Goodman2_+1963+-+00202.jpg.html>
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Benny+Goodman2_+1963+-+00202.jpg.html
> 
> 
> –Bill
> 
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