Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My wife bought this for me a couple of weeks ago. The photos are amazing, especially given the conditions. I'm finding it a rather dry read however. Ken Wilcox At 10:14 AM 6/25/99 -0400, you wrote: > LUG- >I just got the Quality Paperback Book of the month- The book "The Endurance" >about Shackleton's 1915 Antarctic expedition, with lot of photos from the >groups diarist, Frank Hurley. It looks like authoress Caroline Alexander has >a winner here. I 've just glanced through the book, but some of the photos >look like they were on glass plates ( and we complain about the travails of >loading reels and figuring development time!), and just thinking about the >problems the photographer might had had to deal with, makes the books title >all the more apropos! I thought I'd share this immediate impression because >it looks like a really good read, and the illustrations are amazing. >And the postman also brought my 'new' Ikonta B... Excuse me folks, I'm gonna >be busy the rest of this rainy day! :o}~ >Dan > > > > > - ------------------ Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits LAW LHSA MEA <wilcox@tir.com>