Re: [Leica] surprises and disappointment

["Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>]

Jo Goodtimes , France  wrote:
>>> And who was that clown ?<<<<<

Hi Jo,
That was my first question on reading Chris's post.

I mean some folks here were polite about his "antics and attitude" but in
good old fashion language, he's just an "AH of the first kind" filled with
his imagination of delusional greatness.

One can only assume he's so full of bull dung that he couldn't shoot his
photographic way out of a wet paper bag! Sorry, maybe this would be the guy
to do it and then sell his "s..t as art with an "Oh leica!" ;-)

So Chris old buddy, please enlighten us to who this "wonderful photographer"
is, who in one fell swoop has given many of us stomach cramps and the runs!
;-)
ted










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Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] surprises and disappointment


> Dans un courrier daté du 12/11/01 17:02:29 Paris, Madrid,
chris@almqvist.net
> a écrit :
>
> > Here are some things I experienced at the opening night of
> >  photographic exhibition featuring the Leica photos that will appear
> >  in a special London supplement of a design magazine here. We were
> >  told the photos had been made using the new Leica O series.
> >
> >  After the official introductions I went up to the photographer and
> >  asked him why he used Leica. "Because it is the best camera!" And why
> >  is it the best camera, I asked. "Because of the lenses!" But none of
> >  the pictures on display bear witness of high optical quality I said,
> >  they could have been taken with any old SLR or even a pocket camera.
> >  "If you hold a Leica in your hand you will know!" I hold my M6 in my
> >  hand right now I answered, in my left hand jacket pocket. "Gimme the
> >  camera and I will show you how I work with the  camera!"  So he
> >  started shooting pictures of me and some people nearby, moving back
> >  and forward and moving the lens setting from infinity (!) to close
> >  up, and back, and forward again again, and back again all the way,
> >  shooting all the time and saying that film is just material. "Send me
> >  some prints of the good pictures" he said when he gave me back the
> >  camera with the film finished. I can´t oblige. There was hardly a
> >  single in-focus negative, except for a few of static items. Perhaps
> >  this was ART.
> >
> >  Chris
> >  --
> >  Christer Almqvist
> >  look at my b+w portraits
> >  www.almqvist.net/chris
>
>
>
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