[Leica] Dodo

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

the kalvar set was wonderful

ric


On Sep 19, 2007, at 12:27 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

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> This Leica thread is a Stub.
> Feel free in enlarge upon it yourself.
> Feed it. Its short.
>
> I went to the opening last night at the Leica Gallery on Broadway in
> Greenwich village of prints by Richard Kalvar.
> His prints looked great and it was nicer seeing them then seeing  
> his slides
> last October for the LHSA thing in Wetzlar.
> It was like seeing the originals.
> And with no jet lag.
> And the lights on.
> Talked to a guy from Montauk point for two hours.
>
> I forsook my skinny LowePro Sling 100 and crammed a Nikon D40x with  
> 45mm
> sliver Cosina pancake on it into a Domke F-5XB Shoulder/Belt Bag  
> (Black)
> with very few odds and ends and traveled light; nothing over my  
> shoulder and
> No room for a Russian Novel.
>
> I feel less safe walking down dark streets with the D40 you can't  
> defend
> yourself with it. A D200 you can. Its heavier than a M6 with a  
> motor drive
> and 40mm Summicron which I'll be carrying with me next week.
> Probably to the Nikon Gallery opening.
>
>
> I stood right next to Elliot Erwitt he could have been HCB I'd have  
> been no
> less excited. Last time I was there it was Ralph Gibson. Same deal  
> only it
> was in the back room as I was sitting down getting ready for an  
> appendicitis
> attack a few days later.
> I wanted to tell Elliot Erwitt how he changed my thanksgivings  
> forever.
> A documentary I saw on him decades ago took you though his house  
> and studio
> much of it given up to film making (movies) and at one point it was
> thanksgiving. And they had a turkey at one end of the long table  
> and a ham
> at the other. I said "lets to that" and we did!
> For several years.
>
> Love Elliot Erwitt's dogs.
>
> Kalvar shoots a few dogs himself.
>
> There's as many dogs around here as people.
> They are always gleefully happy. But seem a little guilty looking like
> they're getting away with something and they hope no one notices.
> Like "this much fun can't be legal" kind of thing.
>
> That's me in Greenish Village.
>
>
> Oops the Nikon House in Rockefeller center seems to have gone the  
> way of the
> Dodo. Its hard when you cater to a niche market.
>
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