Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/09

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Subject: [Leica] Signs
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri Dec 9 22:51:48 2005
References: <web-159036488@wyoming.com> <0DDC2506-EF5C-4735-8EBD-287EABD5D0C5@mindspring.com>

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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