Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Man, I hope that kids gets enough for his Leica soon :) I wish I were 12. I'm working on a project I call the "New Sweden", not the bleeding heart liberal Sweden of the Vietnam protest days, but the Sweden who packs all the foreigners in any old unattractive housing areas (that no Swede wants to live in) and puts doctors and lawyers from other countries behind the hotdog stands and the market booths. I'm a honkie myself, so you can't say I walk into the areas and am trusted right off the bat. So I thought I'd take a clumsy tripod, set it up in the middle of the square, have one or two of my friends come by and take their portraits (just to get the ball rolling) and then take portraits and come back with them later to give them away. Haven't done it yet. I wish I were 12 :) >He said he shoots about a 100 portraits a day, each Saturday and Sunday. >Hmmmm, at 12 years old, this kid is shooting more film and subjects than >most working pros do on a work day. I wondered if I was seeing an Avedon in >the making. And I might add.... his stuff was pretty good... I paid for a >snap of myself! But I forgot to get him to autograph it however, just in >case..... _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html