Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lucien Aigner 1901-1999
From: "ross mcleish" <cram@bigpond.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 10:55:19 +1000

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Lucien aigner was an American (US domiciled) photographer - famous along =
with Eisenstadt and Capa, as an early adaptee of the Leica in the '30's. =
He had numerous one-man exhibitions/retrospectives and was widely =
published in USA and Europe. I believe his early fame was inticately =
linked with pioneering work in the new 35mm format promoted by Leica. My =
salutation was directed as much to his support of the camera, as to his =
large body of exemplary and sometimes famous, work from the first half =
of this century.
Ross =20
  ----- Original Message ----- g From: Michael Gardner=20
  To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us=20
  Sent: Saturday, 10 April 1999 04:35
  Subject: Re: [Leica] Lucien Aigner 1901-1999


  Since there wasn't a big clamor of discussion following this post =
maybe I'm not the only LUGger not familiar with this photographer.  Can =
you fill us in?=20
  Mike (?) Gardner=20
  ross mcleish wrote:=20

    Let us all salute, and celebrate the life, of the great =
photojournalist and Leica user, Lucien Aigner! =20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Lucien aigner was an American (US domiciled) =
photographer -=20
famous along with Eisenstadt and Capa, as an early adaptee of the Leica =
in the=20
'30's. He had numerous one-man exhibitions/retrospectives and was widely =

published in USA and Europe. I believe his early fame was inticately =
linked with=20
pioneering work in the new 35mm format&nbsp;promoted by Leica. My =
salutation was=20
directed as much to his support&nbsp;of the camera, as to his large body =
of=20
exemplary and sometimes famous, work from the first half of this=20
century.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ross&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- g =
<B>From:</B> <A=20
  href=3D"mailto:mikeg@neca.com" title=3Dmikeg@neca.com>Michael =
Gardner</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
  href=3D"mailto:leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us"=20
  =
title=3Dleica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.=
us</A>=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, 10 April 1999 =
04:35</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Leica] Lucien =
Aigner=20
  1901-1999</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>Since there wasn't a big clamor of discussion following =
this=20
  post maybe I'm not the only LUGger not familiar with this =
photographer.&nbsp;=20
  Can you fill us in? <BR>Mike (?) Gardner=20
  <P>ross mcleish wrote:=20
  <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3D"CITE"><FONT size=3D-1>Let us all salute, and =
celebrate the=20
    life, of the great photojournalist and Leica user, Lucien=20
    Aigner!&nbsp;</FONT> <BR>&nbsp; <BR>&nbsp;=20
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