Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/08
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> At 09:40 AM 6/8/96 -0700, you wrote:
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> >that can do this (no $$$s) but my nikon micros I love. Veiwers seem to
> >find the results very revealing, but my father hated his portrait, said it
> >was the first time he thought he looked old.
>
Eric Welch responded:
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> Hey, I've used the 55 Micro, great lens. My response to older people who
> worry about their wrinkles is..."What's so wrong about being old?" I know
> that doesn't always work, but unless we're portraitists, then how we do
> portraits should only please us ...
I'm reminded of the great protraitist, Yousef(sp?) Karsh
who used an 8 X 10 view camera and captured every wrinkle
and pore of his subjects in incredible detail. At least
that's how I remember his photographs.
-- Wolfgang
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