Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just ran across this quote from the autobiography of Jacob Riis, the Danish immigrant who photographed the NYC slums at the turn of the 20th century: "It is not too much to say that our party carried terror wherever it went. The flashlight of those days was contained in cartridges fired from a revolver. The spectacle of half a dozen strange men invading a house in the midnight hour armed with big pistols which they shot off recklessly was hardly reassuring, however sugary our speech, and it was not to be wondered at if the tenants bolted through windows and down fire-escapes wherever we went." This was in "An American Century of Photography" (Abrams, NYC, 1995). Great book, BTW. It'll take your mind off of which dilution of Xtol to use, or whether you really _need_ that latest aspherical from Solms. Ted and Tina, please tell me you've never broken into someone's home at midnight with a party of six :)! Phil Swango 307 Aliso Dr. SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-262-4085 714-908-7846 (fax) pswango@att.net