[Leica] Yearbook finally released

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

I just went through the photographs in the PDF version. Even though there
are fewer images, I feel the quality is uniformly good, and the photographs
visually interesting. The star, to me, is undoubtedly Bill's stunning
portfolio. A few of his pieces are mind-blowing - the cover shot,
"Thanksgiving in the Texas Panhandle, 1962," and "Wailing Wall, 1988," to
give just three examples. Adding a lovely low light portrait of one of my
favourite musicians, Duke Ellington, is just the icing on the cake!

Once again, my grateful thanks to Brian, who puts in the Herculean effort
required to get the yearbook out, even with obvious waning interest.

I request all members to shake off their lethargy and participate this
year. Since this is the last yearbook, I feel it should cease publication
with large participation, and in a blaze of glory.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 1:48 AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>
wrote:

> Every year it seems to take me longer to get the yearbook produced, but
> today it is done and available.
>
> See http://leica-users.org/yearbook/ for the facts.
>
> As usual, it is available to buy from Blurb in either imagewrap or
> softcover format, and available online as a full-resolution PDF.
>
> Buy hardcover:
> https://www.blurb.com/b/12878106-lug-yearbook-2025-hardcover
> Buy softcover:
> https://www.blurb.com/b/12878066-lug-yearbook-2025-softcover
>
> Download PDF: http://leica-users.org/yearbook/LUGyearbook2024-pages.pdf
> Download PDF as 2-page spreads (makes it easier to see panoramas):
> http://leica-users.org/yearbook/LUGyearbook2025.pdf
>
> Next year's book will be the last. I hope to get long-gone LUG alumni to
> submit something.
> Instructions at http://leica-users.org/yearbook/submitting.html
>
>
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