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Subject: [Leica] WWKD?
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Sun May 21 05:34:10 2006
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Bill

Terrific image...probably better than most of the local press!

Walt

Bill wrote:

>What Would Kyle Do?  
>
>Ok, so I am attending a convention of bankruptcy attorneys (it's how I
>support my Leicaholic habit) in the fair but wounded city of New Orleans.  I
>have had a wonderful afternoon with Jeffrey Smith who was so kind as to take
>me around the city to view and photograph the devastation nine months later
>as well as take me out to the shores of the gulf in Mississippi to see where
>the eye of Katrina made landfall (I'll post them later).  I am walking to my
>evening event when I pass the adjacent ballroom which is now festooned with
>balloons red and white, obviously a political event of some kind.  Hmmm...
>Earlier Jeffrey mentioned that one of the city's political candidates was
>probably going to have his reception.  So, peeking in, I surmised that it
>would be for Ray Nagan.   We went looking for a late dinner and upon our
>return to the hotel, I suggested that we stop by and see how things were
>going.  The crowds were forming but there was no sign of the candidate.  So
>I wandered in, R8 /DMR in hand and my domke F2 on my shoulder, and thought
>"What would Kyle do?"  So I blended in with the press and was there for the
>announcement and acceptance speech:
>http://photobynelsch.smugmug.com/gallery/1477452/1/70623313/Original
>
>Bill in Denver, er New Orleans
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