Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 1 Sep 1997, Eric Welch wrote: Snip > Yes, Sam Abel uses Leica SLRs. His book "Stay This Moment" is his magnum > opus, and it's simply filled with absolutely gorgeous pictures, many of > which demonstrate the Leica look. I understand he uses Olympus for exotic > lenses that Leica doesn't have, but mostly Leica. > > Don't get me wrong, he'd be a great photographer using Ricoh. David Allen > Harvey, another NG photographer, once told me that most Geographic > photographers consider Sam Abel the greatest artist at NG. Interesting! For the record, the cover that I spotted and another one also by Sam Abel, jumped out at my from a pile of NGs of the same vintage as having what I would call "the Leica look". When I looked to see who had taken them, I saw that they were taken by Sam Abel and I had the feeling that I had heard that he used Leica gear. When I spotted them, I had no idea who had taken them. Perhaps the feature that most struck my eye was the three-dimensional feel of the images. Interesting. Gary