Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Tipper & Al Gore and M-cameras
From: Wilber Jeffcoat <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 18:43:32 -0400
References: <200008192226.SAA24946@sushi.toad.net>

Thanks for the look, if I may what the hell has happened to "Roseanne" she looks
like a prisoner of war or something!
Cheers Wilber

Steve LeHuray wrote:

> >
> > In a message dated 8/19/00 7:35:21 AM, austin@darkroom.com writes:
> >
> > << I guess I'm paying for this 'personal service', right? >>
> >
> > There's a long history of photographers in the White House -- usually for the
> > president but it's a fairly sizeable staff. Many of us remember David Hume
> > Kennerly's job as personal photographer to Gerald Ford -- he got
> > unprecedented access to personal moments with the Fords when their guard was
> > down. He was sort of a hero of photojournalists for awhile. He wrote a book
> > about his career following that assignment  -- "Shooter" I believe it was
> > called. I'm sure with Gore running for president it's not a big stretch to
> > assign one of the White House pool to him full time . . .
> >
> > Bob (enjoys presidential photography) McEowen
> >
>
> For what its worth there are a lot of photographers taking pictures of our
> leaders who are not on the taxpayers dime. Here is one of Tipper,
> http://www.icommag.com/august-2000-page-24.html  receiving a Exellence in
> Photography award I took a couple months ago. The color shots were Nikon
> w/24-50 at F8 and the 'Monster Metz', the rest were Leica M's wide open
> w/available light.
>
> Steve
> Annapolis

In reply to: Message from "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net> (Re: [Leica] Tipper & Al Gore and M-cameras)