Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. - It's deja vu' all over again - you and I had this retread thread all figured out about two months ago :) OT for a min. I tried doing a search on the Pulitzer web site looking for you and I got zippo. I'd be interested to know more about your prize, what was the topic, etc. If you think too delicate an issue in forum email me in private - I'm curious about the lives of many of our famous /infamous LUGgers. ernie On 3/8/02 3:14 PM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > Alan - You may be Jewish, but why does that give you the right to say "no > political discussions?" > > I, personally, think that the Holocaust Museum should refuse any donations > raised from the sale of Riefenstahl prints - particularly because, as you > note, the donations are not being made by that Nazi bitch, who is pocketing > all her share, but rather by the gallery, which is, quite obviously, paying > blood money in the hopes of ducking controversy. > > Enjoy your prints. And when you gaze fondly upon them, think of how many > Jews may have died in the camps as a result of Riefenstahls photographs > helping to shore up support for the Nazi regime. ;-) > > B. D. > Who would much rather own and hang a George Rodgers print of death camp > survivors than a Leni Riefennazi print of gorgeous Aryan athletes. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > ASTROBIT@aol.com > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 3:13 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Re: Leni Riefenstahl exhibit in New York > > > The Boesky Gallery here in Chelsea New York has an exhibit of Leni > 's work from her movie "Olympiad." It is a version of the same > exhibit that she had in Berlin in 1998 and is the subject of her interview > in > the "Leica World" of February 2000. It consists of a few prints made from > her > copy of the actual movie (very expensive) and an extensive selection of > tests > shots she took for the picture using a Leica (there are also a few shots of > her working taking by an anonymous photographer, including one of her with > Leica in hand-Leica A??). As far as I know this the first time her work has > been for sale in the United States and the political people out there will > be > happy to know that the net proceeds (by the gallery, apparently not her) are > being donated to the Holocaust Museum. I thought the pictures were brilliant > and reasonably priced considering who they are by; so I bought two myself. > Please note I am Jewish. Please no political discussions. > > Alan Posklensky > -- > 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 - -- http://home.twcny.rr.com/nitka - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html