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Subject: Re: [Leica] Amazing photo treasure trove...
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 01:03:49 -0600
References: <F173EJ7Lv8C7R4QWVG5000136db@hotmail.com>

Here it is:

W. W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393048241

I've ordered three copies from Amazon.com 1 for me, 2 for gifts.

Regards,

Greg


Daniel Ridings wrote:

> B.D.,
> Thanks. I remember running into the site about a year ago. I had been 
> away from the "know" when it comes to photography for quite some time. 
> Most of my reading time was taken up by other things (most of my time 
> period, for that matter).
>
> Someone else wrote that Gedney was little known outside of certain 
> groups. It relieves me to hear that. I thought I had totally lost 
> touch ... here was this fascinating worker that I had never heard of. 
> I've enjoyed that site and have gone back regularly every since. I 
> don't have the book. I've never seen it over here. Hopefully it'll 
> turn up. If someone with a copy would post the ISBN number (tautology 
> there) I'd be happy.
>
> All the best,
> Daniel
>
>
>> I can't tell you all how glad I am that people have reacted to this 
>> work the
>> way I did...When I was up at the Maine Photo Workshops last month I 
>> found a
>> copy of Gedney's one book - This I Know Is True - on sale remaindered 
>> for
>> $10! at the photo bookstore in Rockport. I snapped it up and immediately
>> sold it to one of the other students in the Gene Richards class for 
>> $10 just
>> to make sure someone else got turned on to Gedney.
>>
>> B. D.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rob Heyman
>> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 7:53 PM
>> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Amazing photo treasure trove...
>>
>>
>> B.D.
>> Thank you so much for this link. I have just spent the last hour 
>> immersed in
>> this man's work. You're absolutely correct when you say that it is
>> inspirational.
>> Rob
>>
>> "B. D. Colen" wrote:
>>
>> > The UNC Chapel Hill library has William Gedney's journals, writings,
>> books -
>> > and all his prints, contact sheets, and negs - and there are countless
>> > photos on-line that can be browsed through...The work is incredibly
>> > good....I would recommend that anyone interested try starting here..
>> > http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/gedney/books/bd03/
>> >
>> > This is a dummy - with photos - for a book Gedney put together, but 
>> never
>> > published, called 31 Photographs, 1968...If you want inspiration, 
>> this is
>> > the place to go...
>> >
>> > B. D.
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rob 
>> Appleby
>> > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 3:42 PM
>> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Weekly Submission
>> >
>> > BD - my thoughts exactly - although the wife of two weeks was his new
>> > girlfriend in my version.
>> > R.
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
>> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>> > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 9:21 PM
>> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Weekly Submission
>> >
>> > > On the other hand, the man on the right could be an AA member who 
>> has
>> left
>> > > his besotted gang of friends on the left, and is standing thinking,
>> 'Damn!
>> > > Can't those jerks ever have fun without getting smashed?' as he 
>> waits
>> for
>> > > his gorgeous wife of two weeks, whom he adores madly, to come 
>> pick him
>> up.
>> > >
>> > > No Noir.:-)
>> > >
>> > > B. D.
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John 
>> Bohner
>> > > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 3:02 PM
>> > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Weekly Submission
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Re Bill Clough's PAW
>> > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/wccjr/image-30920.html
>> > > I like the image just as it is as it turns the imagination free.
>> > >
>> > > Obviously the man on the right is depressed and a bit drunk.
>> > > He is staring at a reflection in the water at his feet.
>> > > It is of a half dressed woman combing her hair in the window
>> > > of the 2nd floor apartment across the street.
>> > > Her inverted image has started him thinking of his youth in
>> > > Amsterdam as a photographer's assistant lugging a
>> > > view camera to the more notorious districts of the city.
>> > > Little did he know then, he would become a serious Leica addict,
>> > > spending his meager pension on folding lens hoods for ancient
>> > > elmarits and eating his cat's food.
>> > > The people to the left are laughing, sharing an digital camera's
>> > > image of their party in the restaurant they have just left.
>> > > Yes, film noir, it is.
>> > >
>> > > John B
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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