Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff as we've spoken about before Steinbeck's book with Capa photos is such a special little tome - not to be missed. ernie At 02:49 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote: >Her name has been used in the same sentence as "philosopher". I picked >up her book on photography, but haven't read it yet. It got bumped to >second place over Steinbeck's Russian Journal on the last plane >flight. > >I guess I will miss her like I will miss Norman Mailer, who is still >alive. I think. > >Jeffery > > >On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:38:37 -0700, ernie nitka <enitka1@comcast.net> wrote: > > ON second thought I can say a few bad things about the dead - here's a > > few > > select quotes for us to ponder: > > > > http://enitka.com/sontagsayings.html > > > > ernie > > > > At 01:35 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote: > > >Richard - let me see which one I have at home - if you want it I can > > >mail > > >it to you for the cost of postage - I have never been a fan but of > > >course > > >I can't speak poorly of the dead > > > > > >ernie > > > > > >enitka1@comcast.net > > > > > >At 01:28 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote: > > >>Hmm... again, as late starter on this sort of stuff, I often hear > > >>criticisms of her writings but actually haven't read anything by her > > >>yet. > > >>So if I were to jump in with both feet, which one of her books is the > > >>most controversial (for good reasons)? > > >> > > >>At 12:15 PM 12/28/2004, B D Colen wrote: > > >> > > >>>ELowi just informed us of the death of S. Sontag, writing - > > >>>"Love her or hate her, she died today at 71." > > >>> > > >>>Pedantic, self-important, at times so far off-base she wasn't even on > > >>>the field. > > >>>And yet at times so brilliantly insightful one cannot escape reading > her. > > >>> > > >>>I don't know that she will be missed. But she will be remembered. > > >> > > >>// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > > >>please > > >>use richard at imagecraft.com) > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>Leica Users Group. > > >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Leica Users Group. > > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information