Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bought a book of her writings a few years back after reading a few pages of "Why I live at the P.O." in the bookstore. I don't remember hearing of her before that. One of those serendipitous finds; others "found" the same way: Sam Abell, Robert Owen Butler. Read somewhere she was a keen photographer. Never knew that Eudora was named after her though. Thanks for the link. - - Phong > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Carl Pultz > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 8:36 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] Flash -- and a Virus update > > > <Do you mean E. Welty, the writer from the US South ? > - - Phong > > Yes, sir. Here's the story: > > http://art-bin.com/art/or_weltypreface.html > > She died last year. For twenty years, from the mid-30s, the same time she > started writing, until the mid-50s, when she lost her Rollieflex in Paris, > she photographed the people around her, most notably the people and places > of Mississippi during the depression. Her photos are not arty and politico > like the better known FSA photographers, instead warm and familiar and > understanding. Worth checking out. > > Carl > > -- > 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