Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Otto, prarie farmer. My wife's grandfather. He died about 5 years ago, but I had the pleasure of knowing him for many years. He had those hands of a person who knew hard manual labour all their life. But he was a very gentle man. My mother-in-law remembers how one winter day, after a full day tending the animals and doing the winter chores (Manitoba winter, -40 in either scale!), he built a snow hill so his kids could toboggan! I took this picture about 15 years ago. Thanks for your comments. jm - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@charter.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:28 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Pictures...for a change > Hi Jim: > > I've just looked at all of the work on your main sight - remember some of it > from before. You have some nice work there - I especially like some of the > kids. But I must say that the one photo that stands out for me above all > the rest is your portrait of John. It is special. > > Ted > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim McIntyre" <mcintyre@ca.inter.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 5:46 PM > Subject: [Leica] Pictures...for a change > > > > I am a relative newcomer to the LUG, but I must say it seems rather caught > > up in interesting debates and discussions quite remote from photography. > > However, I am a firm believer that photography is an means to an end, and > > one's vision can and should be profoundly influenced by one's world > > experience. And having access to widely divergant points of view are > > necessary and indeed critical to forming as well rounded a view of the > world > > as possible. Free speech is at best an elusive concept, and in today's > world > > of "PC-ness", even more so. > > > > So rather jump into an ideological debate, for which I'd likely get > rebuked > > from at least one side ;-), I think instead I'll ask for comments on some > > recent additions to my website. Which, BTW, are photographs: some with a > > Leica, and some with a Nikon. > > > > http://members.rogers.com/jmcdesigns/jamesstreet/P1.htm > > > > cheers, > > > > Jim > > > > (Don't get me wrong...I've thoroughly enjoyed the back and forth postings. > > In fact, my wife - who is not a photographer - has been quite intrigued by > > the recent LUG traffic.) > > > > -- > > 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