Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Something useful
From: "Noel H. Charchuk" <nhcharch@calcna.ab.ca>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 15:06:36 -0600 (MDT)

In regards to Sal's photography book project, I would like to nominate:
Wolff, Paul. MY FIRST TEN YEARS WITH THE LEICA. NY: B. Westermann
Co., (1935) . First English trans. ed. 

Dr Wolff was with Leica from the early days, and this book shows the
entire range of possibilities the 35 mm camera opened up, portraits,
landscapes, closeup, scientific, medical, candids, abstract, journalism
and sports.
We take all of this for granted today, but it must have been exciting to
explore what the Leica system could do, and made possible.
The book can be found on eBay, and on antique book dealers internet sites,
usually for $30-50, not much more than a new coffee table book costs.
Looking at all the types of photography Wolff experimented with is very
interesting, and he has some very good photographs throughout.

Noel Charchuk
 
http://telusplanet.net/public/nhcharch