Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/10

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Subject: [Leica] Signs
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat Dec 10 15:52:59 2005
References: <web-159036488@wyoming.com> <0DDC2506-EF5C-4735-8EBD-287EABD5D0C5@mindspring.com> <439A7AFD.5060502@planet.nl>

I always thought everywhere was like here, but what Pollyanna doesn't?

Ric Carter



On Dec 10, 2005, at 1:51 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> I think that for pictures of signs the southern US is a real  
> goldmine. Both the various wall paintings on run-down buildings and  
> the funny church signs like the one Craig showed.
>
> Nathan
>
> Ric Carter wrote:
>
>> Good idea, Mike--
>> Someone was saying here a couple of weeks ago, that anyone who  
>> ever  saw Walker Evans' work took pictures of signs and barns.
>> I'm guilty as charged.
>> Here's my ante on the sign project. Some are artsied up because   
>> that's the mood I was in when I made prints. Some are parts of an   
>> ongoing fantasy project. Hope you like and hope to see more.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Signage
>> Ric Carter
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies
>> On Dec 9, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Mike Stoesz wrote:
>>>
>>> I really like #48, I like the graphics, composition, color and   
>>> intensity of this image.  But, I like graphic images and images   
>>> with impact quite a bit in general.  I also am a sucker for  
>>> signage  (old or new).
>>>
>>> I think a great group project, now that FOM2 is closed, would be   
>>> for members of this group to record interesting signage, and old   
>>> signage for posterity. Does anyone have thoughts on this?
>>>
>>> Kind Regards, Mike
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> Nathan Wajsman
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In reply to: Message from mstoesz at wyoming.com (Mike Stoesz) ([Leica] Nathans photo 48)
Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Nathans photo 48)
Message from nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Signs)