[Leica] My unconfined today walk

[Lluis Ripoll]

Hi Brian,

Je vous remercie ainsi que vous dire encore une fois mon remerciement pour votre beau geste comme pour vos aimables paroles à propos de mes photos, c’est vraiment un plaisir indescriptible d’appartenir à ce groupe. Pour nous tous, la photographie c’est un travail solitaire, avoir la reconaissance des amis c’est la meilleure des intimes satisfactions. Dans ces moments de joie un grand souvenir pour deux grands amis qui nous manquent et que sa perte est irremplaçable, Ted Grant et Steve Barbour.

En effet j’aime beaucoup l’opéra et je suive normalement la saison de notre Théatre à Barcelone le Liceu, lorsque j’ai voyagé à N.Y. en 2003 j’ai vu 4 opéras au MET dans une semaine, Faust, Nabucco, Otello, Les Troyens (fantastique!), j’avais à l'époque un petit business de distribution de musique que après la crise déclanché en 2008 je n’ai pas pu continuer, j’aime beaucoup les voix et j’ai une petite bonne collection historique, j’aime beaucoup les enregistrements historiques, dont beaucoup n'ont été pas surpassés. Mon père était baritone mais par des circonstances familiales il n’a jamais chanté professionnellement, il a enregistré un disque en 1932 pour une epreuve de voix de la Société Parlophon (je garde ce disque) ils l’ont fait offre d’un contrat mais il ne l’a pas suivi.

I thank you as well as to say to you once again my thanks for your beautiful gesture as for your kind words about my photos, it is really an indescribable pleasure to belong to this group. For all of us, photography is a solitary work, to have the recognition of friends is the best of intimate satisfactions. In these moments of joy a great memory for two great friends we miss and that his loss is irreplaceable, Ted Grant and Steve Barbour.

Indeed I like opera very much and I normally follow the season of our Theatre in Barcelona the Liceu, when I travelled to N.Y. in 2003 I saw 4 operas at the MET in one week, Faust, Nabucco, Otello, Les Troyens (fantastic!), I had at that time a small music distribution business that after the crisis in 2008 I couldn't continue, I like voices very much and I have a small good historical collection, I like historical recordings very much, many of which have not been surpassed. My father was a baritone but due to family circumstances he never sang professionally. He recorded a record in 1932 for a voice test of the Société Parlophon (I keep this record) they offered him a contract but he didn't follow it.

Amitiés / Cheers
Lluis



> El 5 maig 2020, a les 7:16, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> va escriure:
> 
> To avoid causing Lluis the embarrassment of having to explain, I should confess that I liked his work so much that I gave him my Noctilux. I realized that I hadn't used it in 20 years, and knew that he could make it sing.
> 
> (Pour éviter à Lluis d'avoir à expliquer, je dois admettre que j'ai tellement aimé ses photos que je lui ai donné mon Nocti. J'ai réalisé que je ne l'avais pas utilisé pendant 20 ans et je savais qu'il pouvait le faire chanter l'opéra.)
> 
> I note that the direct French translation of "make it sing", "le faire chanter", is a figure of speech implying Mafia and not music. But I am pretty sure that, like me, Lluis loves opera.
> 
> 
> On 2020-05-04 9:13 pm, Gerry Walden via LUG wrote:
>> Great work as I would expect from a master, and really good to see
>> that you can get out and about again. Good that confinement has not
>> lessened your ability to see.
>> That Monochrom certainly produces a tonal range to be envied. I notice
>> that you are still shooting with the Noctilux, have you acquired it
>> now?
>> More tomorrow?
>> Gerry
>> Sent from my iPad
>>> On 4 May 2020, at 21:47, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>>> The oldest, more than 70 (like me) are allowed to walk from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., as you can verify in this picture
>>> Rest Time
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200504_L1020593.jpg.html>
>>> No virus for lovers
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200504_L1020595.jpg.html>
>>> The walk
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200504_L1020598.jpg.html>
>>> A closed Coffee Shop
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200504_L1020607.jpg.html>
>>> A Boy is plaing with a Cell Phone
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200504_L1020611.jpg.html>
>>> Leica Monochrom (CCD), Noctilux 50 F 1.0
>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome and appreciated
>>> Saludos cordiales
>>> Lluis
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