Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/05

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Subject: [Leica] Collecting News Photos
From: rpalmier at depaul.edu (bob palmieri)
Date: Thu Apr 5 07:31:23 2007
References: <200704050259.l352wd86030286@server1.waverley.reid.org>

On Apr 4, 2007, Slobodan wrote:

> One of my hobbies is collecting news photos from old defunct wire  
> services.
> I collect them to remind myself that there never was a golden age.
> Technical mediocrity was normative.
> Poor quality was the standard.
> Content, more often than not, was poorly arranged and expressed.
> Otherwise, people with cameras, were just making a living.

Slobodan -

I also dig around for publication photos here in Chicago.  Here's one  
from this weekend (those so inclined may deconstruct at will):

http://www.pbase.com/bobsworld/image/76696736

Bob Palmieri

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