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Subject: [Leica] Guarenteed: better than richard avedon's photos of his father
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sat Dec 17 00:56:25 2005
References: <BFC88342.9B92%bdcolen@comcast.net> <20051216220336.W25851@birdland.jangowski.de>

I find this very touching in it's honesty, as this whole thread turns  
out to be.
Thanks for sharing,
Philippe



Op 16-dec-05, om 22:31 heeft Martin Jangowski het volgende geschreven:

> On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, B. D. Colen wrote:
>
>> Lovely, David - I'd really like to see it in black and white.
>> B. D.
>
> It is not easy for me to put my thoughts in english, I hope I can  
> make it clear.
>
> I tried to imagine how this picture would look in B&W, but I think  
> it wouldn't have the same effect, at least for me. This picture  
> says "it will never be the same again" by the already pale hand  
> held by the two darker hands. I don't think it would be possible to  
> say the same in B&W.
>
> I recently had to say goodbye to a uncle who died of cancer. He was  
> my favourite uncle and I saw him the last time a few days before  
> his death. My aunt asked me to make a few pictures of him during  
> the visit, but I wasn't able to do it... I want to remember him  
> like he was a few years ago, full of life and holding a glass of  
> wine. I didn't want to document him with his failing body, so I  
> enlarged a snapshot made years ago during a wine tasting and gave  
> it to my aunt.
>
> I don't know why I like David's photo and would put it on the wall,  
> but wouldn't take one of my uncle in his state.
>
> Gr??e aus Hohenlohe,
>
>       Martin Jangowski
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