Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Next time, apply the golden rule below: Comb the eyebrows. Always comb the eyebrows. :-) No seriously: great portrait. Subtle toning, too. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kyle Cassidy" <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 11:53 AM > Subject: [Leica] Portrait of Composer George Crumb > > >> No latex, no piercings. I knew that only leica glass could do this one >> justice. >> >> >> A portrait of composer George Crumb. >> >> >> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/paw/2005/31/2.jpg >> >> >> when i was in college, the crumb buzz peaked when the kronos quartet >> annouced that they had recorded Black Angels, crumb's 1970 reaction to the >> vietnam war, long though to be unplayable because of its extreme >> complexity. >> everybody was listening to it. the recording is brilliant -- melodic, >> dissonet, frightening -- it was like being shot through the chest with a >> violin. >> >> Dr. Crumb himself I found to be affable, pleasant, soft spoken, and >> gregarious. All those positive adjectives that you want to attribute to >> someone you admire. >> >> Thanks to Jim Shulman with hooking me up with this portrait gig. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information