Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is such a great "Loss" . I think that Fred was one of the "Greats" of our century-I will miss him. It was my relationship with Fred, and the wonderful work that he did that brought me to use the Leica system. Thank you Fred. Wilber Jeffcoat - ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert D. Baron <rbaron@concentric.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 9:39 AM Subject: [Leica] Fred Maroon Dies > The obit is in this morning's Washington Post: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45126-2001Nov5.html > > I have one of his prints on my office wall....the Kennedy brothers at a > congressional racketeering investigation hearing in 1958. > > It was his show at the Smithsonian ('The Nixon Years') a couple of > years ago that re-lit my fire for black & white Leica photography. > > He was really good at what he did. > > I'd like to someday come close. > > --Bob Baron / Oklahoma City > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html