Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/17

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Subject: Re: LUGRe: [Leica] W. Eugene Smith
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@neteze.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 18:31:07 -0800

sometime around 12/17/99 11:06 AM, Johnny Deadman at
deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk was heard  to write:

> Am I alone in finding his work... not that interesting? Probably.

Not alone, but a rare breed indeed. He is one of the greats. But it's not
easy to get into unless you know the story. Have you read the biography?
Fascinating.

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Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.neteze.com/ewelch

"You can't cajole someone into loving you by simply being nice to be
around." - Garrison Keillor - As heard on "A Prairie Home Companion"