Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: mindsets
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:33:22 -0700

Ted Grant wrote:
><snip>
> Every image we put on film, regardless of whom you are, is a record of the
> times we live in, whatever the subject. Sure throw away/shred whatever,
> those negs that are completely out of focus, but to deliberately destroy
> perfect negatives for lack of storage space is beyond comprehension. And if
> that's what the wedding photogs do with their milked dry images, they truly
> are the bottom feeders.. However, well paid bottom feeders!
> 
> But truly stupid to shred their negatives!  If that is the case.
> 
> ted
> 
Exactly how I feel about it. Well paid but the cost of doing business in terms
of maintaining a body or work is incomprehensible and considered effete. Victor
Hasselblad deserves better.
Mark Rabiner