Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Auction results
From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:03:55 -0500
References: <852569B3.000B033D.00@isserv9.idx.com> <3A35B980.F2B1D6E4@earthlink.net>

I believe that's the English and/or European way to measure it.  Ever notice
that Americans shoot 4x5 sheet film while the English shoot 5x4?

Mike D

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "S Dimitrov" <sld@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Auction results


> And to add further outrage, these art school twits are now identifying our
paper
> sizes backwards. 8x10 is now 10x8, and 11x14 is now 14x11. What arrogance.
When
> was the last time any of us picked up a box of 10x8 portriga, gelatin
emulsion on
> fiber?
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov
>
>
> Jiri_Dvorak@idx.com wrote:
>
> > >Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 01:44:52 -0500 (EST)
> > >From: slobodan dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>
> > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Auction results
> > >
> > >Who's cindy sherman? Is she a photographer or an artist? Is she a
bounder from
> > the art >world posing as a photographer like hockney, or wegman? Can she
do and
> > talk >photography, or is she so far evolved as to be removed from such
> > banalities?  Is her >constrained self absorbed visual style an example
of craft
> > or is it a secretion of >miseducated art school vomiteria.
> > >
> > >Slobodan Dimitrov
> >
> > Slobodan,
> >
> > you've got this one right! One, or more, of her 'series' was photos of
> > 'secretion' and 'vomiteria'.
> >
> > Jiri
> >
> > (can't help it-:))
>
>

In reply to: Message from Jiri_Dvorak@idx.com (Re: [Leica] Auction results)
Message from S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net> (Re: [Leica] Auction results)