Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ice Cream Shop
From: John Brownlow <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 20:38:27 +0000

on 20/2/00 9:23 am, Mike Johnston at michaeljohnston@ameritech.net wrote:

> I'm mystified that anybody could "hate" Eggleston, as most of his work
> is beautiful, sentimental, elegiac, honest, and perfectly
> straightforward. He's hardly a challenging artist.

Right on, Mike. I suspect that some of the people who have been slagging him
off have not actually sat down with a book of his photos.
- -- 
John Brownlow

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