Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Flowers are to hip, too too hip. Mapplethorpe was "hipper-than-though" for some time (maybe still is?), and he shot flowers. So there :-) Scott SonC@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 8/26/2005 7:23:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >ricc@mindspring.com writes: >What I've gotten from Sonny and Friday Flowers is an outlet. Did >Sonny start this? Let's face it, flowers aren't the hippest of subjects >among "pro >photogs." > >---------------------------- >I started Friday flowers on the archivists list some time back, and as I >found, lots of people like flowers, especially on a Friday, and even more >so as >the gloom of winter comes. > >Since that list is also an international one, I get responses from the >Southern Hemisphere during their winter too. > >Nice thing about living in the South, I was able to find flowers every >week >the whole year. > >As far as it not being hip, maybe, maybe not. At least I get comment and >usually 700 to 1100 visits to my weekly offering. The only subject that >comes >close to those numbers is cheerleaders. > >I usually go out before work on Friday and "pick" them fresh on the way to >work. I may have spotted them at other times, but I like the morning >light. > >http://www.sonc.com/friday/index.html > >Regards, >Sonny >http://www.sonc.com >Natchitoches, Louisiana >Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > >