Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/07

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Subject: [Leica] SLUG attends Leica sponsored presentation
From: "Mark Davison" <DAVISON_M@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 20:43:07 -0700

On April 3 a contingent from the Seattle branch of the LUG attended a Leica
sponsored presentation by Betty Udesen (photojournalist with the Seattle
Times) and Paris-based Peter Turnley who shoots for Newsweek and other
publications.

A few photos can be found at
http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=197510 I include a gratuitous
photograph of the Holiday Inn where the event was held, to give you an idea
of this unlovely light-industrial area of Seattle. No Leica stacking
occurred, but we did trade Leica lore with the regional Leica rep, who was
also in town for Leica days at Glazers Camera.

The talks were wide ranging. We got to see Ms. Udesen's work for the Seattle
Times--and you quickly see the challenge of having to go out and get a
picture on demand. Not everything was a gem, but all the shots were
serviceable. She also showed excerpts from a charming book project on
people's "luvvies", or comfort items, and some non-profit photo journalism
documenting the efforts of ordinary rural people attempting to restart their
lives in conflict torn Colombia.

She loves wide-angle shots, and often makes the key foreground figure
vertical, letting the horizon do what it may. You can see some of her work
at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/photojournalism/

Mr. Turnley started with a rambling, but often entertaining autobiography,
and then showed a wide selection of his work, including his early project
documenting a neighborhood in the US midwest, workers in California, refugee
camps around the world, and his beloved Paris. The pictures were the best
part. One is often reminded that photographers communicate best visually!

Much of Turnley's autobiographical material can be found in the foreword of
his book "The Parisians".

Turnley loves getting close with his Leica and shooting with the 28mm.

Both Turnley and Udesen also shoot with SLRs in the field, so the Leica is
used for low-light and "intimate" shots. Neither seemed to think that the
Leica is "useless", and Turnley was quite enthusiastic about the M7.

Kudos for Leica for helping to put this talk together.


Mark Davison






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