Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo books under the tree?
From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@istate.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:21:11 -0600
References: <000101c2ad19$835af880$0316fea9@ccasony01>

BD, who cares? :-)

bdcolen wrote:

>While people who have visually oriented talent often seem to have it in
>more than one media, and while musical talent and some degree of visual
>talent often seem related, I don't think that it's at all unusual to
>find that someone talented in a visual field - say photography - can't
>express themselves using written language. Which is to say - there's no
>reason to expect that a good photographer will be a good writer. For an
>example of this, take a look at Larry Towle's Mennonites - great photos;
>awful prose - although the reporting is pretty good.
>
>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 Wade
>Heninger
>Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 1:52 PM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo books under the tree?
>
>
>At 03:28 PM 12/26/2002 +0000, Mark Pope wrote:
>
>>No photo books for Christmas, unless you count the manual for my 
>>Minolta Dimage Scan Dual III...;-)  One seriously happy chappie over 
>>here! I did buy myself a copy of Don McCullin's autobiography, 
>>'Unreasonable Behaviour' just before Christmas, which is next on my 
>>reading list.
>>
>
>FWIW, its a good thing Don McCullin took wonderful pictures as his
>writing 
>is hard to digest.
>
>...................................................
>w a d e  h e n i n g e r
>i n t e r a c t i o n  d e s i g n
>a d o b e  s y s t e m s ,  i n c .
>
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