Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Naw ya didn't miss it - I purchased it about 3 weeks ago but haven't had time to crack it open. The Memorial Day Weekend is predicted to rain all 3 days!!!! I'm pissed but will put the time to good use: - - Go the new Matrix movie with my 16 year old - - clean up the house - - Into the darkroom to do some fiber printing - - look at the three photo books purchased so far. ernie On Friday, May 23, 2003, at 01:52 PM, bdcolen wrote: > Thanks, Ernie - I feel pretty stupid not "asking" Amazon before asking > the LUG! > > BTW - If I missed what would have been a lengthy discussion/dissection, > forgive me and hit delete...But is everyone aware of "Henri > Cartier-Bresson: The Man, the Image and the World: A Retrospective" by > Peter Galassi, Robert Delpire. A humongous collection, from Thames and > Hudson. It includes a nice collection of HCBs drawings as well, and has > accompanying essays. Excellent reproduction. A really nice all-in-one > HCB for $75 - $47.50 at Amazon. > > 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 Ernest > Nitka > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 12:17 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] "A Russian Journal" by Steinbeck and Capa > > > BD here's the Amazon link > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0141180196/ > qid=1053706595/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-4016406-1148860?v=glance&s=books > > ernie > On Friday, May 23, 2003, at 10:14 AM, bdcolen wrote: > >> Hi, Nathan - Is the book still in print? I read about it recently in a > >> relatively new biography of Capa and it piqued my interest. Who's the >> publisher, if it is still available? >> >> Thanks >> >> 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 Nathan >> Wajsman (private) >> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 6:13 PM >> To: LUG >> Subject: [Leica] "A Russian Journal" by Steinbeck and Capa >> >> >> Some time ago someone here recommended the above book, and I picked it > >> up at Foyles in London a couple of month ago. This evening I finished >> reading it and can heartily recommend it to all lovers of good writing > >> and good photography. For those who are not familiar with it, the book > >> is an account of a trip Steinbeck and Capa made to the Soviet Union in > >> the summer of 1947. Their purpose was simply to see how ordinary >> Russian >> >> lived, with little or no political overtones (insofar as that is >> possible). They spent a couple of months in Moscow, Kiev, Georgia. >> While >> >> Capa's photographs are of variable quality, not helped by paperback >> reproduction, the combination of the pictures with Steinbeck's >> wonderful >> >> writing is simply fantastic. At the end of the day it is clear that >> what >> >> they saw was highly arranged, and Steinbeck is clearly aware of that, >> but nonetheless the book is extremely enjoyable. >> >> Nathan >> >> -- >> Nathan Wajsman >> Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland >> >> e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch >> mobile: +41 78 732 1430 >> >> Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm >> General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > -- > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html