Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank I would not take the senile maundering of HCB too seriously. Just enjoy the photographs. frank theriault wrote: > Hi, Jim, > > Funny, but as I read your post, I thought to myself, "considering he hates it > so, isn't it interesting that he doesn't feel shy to ask almost $8,000US for an > 11x14 print!" > > I then read the article, and the interviewer asked a very similar question, > which apparently HCB refused to answer, and the he quickly changed the subject. > Interesting... > > Thanks for the article, I enjoyed it. I ~loved~ the line, "I don't believe in > God, but I do believe in pi". I believe that will be my next sig... > > cheers, > frank > > Jim McIntyre wrote: > > > I just read an article forwarded to me by a friend. It is the New York > > Review of Books review on the new book for HCB. The interviewer, John > > Banville, mentioned this photo during the interview, and here is the > > response: > > > > "I make the mistake of mentioning one of his more well-known pictures-of a > > little boy on the rue Mouffetard proudly carrying two bottles of wine-and he > > cries out as if in pain. "Terrible! Terrible! I should destroy the > > negative!" " > > > > Here's the full story link: > > > > http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16413 > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > "What a senseless waste of human life" > -The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch > > -- > 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