[Leica] IMG: Wayback Photos - 1969 to 2011 Award Winners

[Alan Magayne-Roshak]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 Jasse Chan <jassechan at gmail.com>wrote:

>Dear Mister Magayne-Roshak

>I would buy the book!

>I've been busy beavering away at work and happily scrolling through your
>photos, and I feel like you've fooled me into a photographer's education!

>The sheer range of types of photos you've taken and been recognised for is
>frankly overwhelming for this kid from Toronto!

>I'm honestly so blown away at your portraiture:  I mean you've managed to
>turn a humble formal portrait into an example of masterful lighting AND
>allowed the person to bring their personality to bear!  (and of course I
>would be remiss in the perfect clarity and sharpness of those images.)

>And then, you've also appealed to the child in me with your composition and
>colour!  The Red Truck in front of a Blue building is perfect, and the
>Clarinet laying on maple leaves makes me miss Canada (now that I live in
>London).

>Your sense of humour shines through many of your award winners!  "Truth -
>Closed" and the "Soft Shoulder" sinking into the sand from 87 made me
>laugh.  So did your last photo of the Chancellors sun putting all his
>effort into his final sprint!

>Thank you very much for sharing.

>I didn't expect to go on such a journey first thing in the morning!

>cheers

>Jasse
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Thank you so much for your comment.  I'm pleased when what I've seen speaks
to others.
Check out my Signs Album for some more of the quirky photos that were just
waiting to be
discovered by someone (and that someone turned out to be me).

-- 
Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amagayneroshak at gmail.com
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/>

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
 for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt