Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Mr Smith again
From: kiklaas@iinet.net.au
Date: 30 Apr 2002 08:35:46 -0000

Is this in reference to Eugene Smith playing loud jazz when in the 
darkroom?

I read somewhere that the last years of his life were lived in poverty, he 
gave so much, I find that incredibly sad.

Karina

> hahaha!
> 
> You are playing jazz at top volume after printing for 48 hours non-stop
> aren't you Allan? pausing only to write to the LUG... ;-)
> 
> B
> 
> http://www.briandavidstevens.com
> 
> 
> on 4/30/02 3:59 am, Leica Users digest at
> owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote:
> 
> > Brian David Stevens wrote:
> >> I wouldn't read too much about their private lives then!
> >> Smith was a lunatic! But would a less-driven man take such pictures?
> >> I think not
> > 
> > Do say that to hurt me, Brian? Do you know who difficult it is to be a
> > lunatic without genius?
> > 
> > Allan
> 
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