[Leica] Kyle Cassidy: Best Travel Photographer of the Year

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

One of the REALLY great things about this list is that you actually  
get to enjoy people's vacation photos, not flee in fear at the  
mention of a slide show.

Thanks, Kyle.

Nice shots.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/f/Passing-Fancies

On Oct 9, 2006, at 5:38 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

>
> De Stern Magazine, October 16, 2006:
>
> "When measured in terms of pure conceit alone, Kyle Cassidy is the  
> best travel photographer of 2006.
>
> 'Ive never seen anyone who consistancly votes for his own work with  
> such enthusiasm, even in flagarent disregard for the rules of the  
> contest,' said Jeri Rudeskil, associate editor for Amature Travel  
> Photographer Magazine, 'sometimes we'll come into work and see that  
> Kyle has voted, tirelessly, for himself for a period of maybe  
> twenty hours in a row, logging thousands of votes and catipulting  
> him into the top ten.' The balding editor looks over his thick  
> rimmed glasses and adds, 'we usually throw them out, but his  
> stamina is amazing.'
>
> Indeed, Kyle Cassidy's abilty to "toot his own horn" as they say in  
> America is legendary. He has been known to put on various elaborate  
> disguises and talk about himself at trendy Manhattan parties.  
> Photographer Cindy Sherman recounts one such instance:
>
> 'He was wearing a false moustache, which was odd, because he had a  
> real one sticking out from underneath it. He was wearing a sort of  
> hunch-back and a shoe that made one leg about three inches longer  
> than the other. He was standing next to me in Anne Liebowitz'  
> kitchen just gushing about how great Kyle Cassidy was. If he wasn't  
> such an utter creep, I would find it charming.'
>
> Cassidy's recent travel photos of southern Florida in the United  
> States can be seen here:
>
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/travel/2006/florida06/
>
> be prepared, they are absolutly life changing."
>
>
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