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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Is it street photography?
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Fri Oct 5 19:15:36 2007

Nathan,

Yes I remember your photographs of Seville.  Can't wait to see what you do 
now that you are living there.

We are planning our next trip to Europe and I have convinced the wife to 
spend 2 months, but plan to work on her for a third month for good measure.  
;-)  I definitely will be in Cologne for Photokina, just in case Leica comes 
up with the R10.  ;-)

Gene

-------------- Original message from Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com>: 
-------------- 


> I sure do. Alicante is about 550 km south from Barcelona, but by US 
> standards that is just a short hop. I am going up there in 2 weeks to 
> meet up with Hoppy and chase señoritas together. We were gonna meet 
> up in Amsterdam but then I moved to Spain, just like that ;-) 
> 
> Seriously, Spain is a truly photogenic place, as I discovered when 
> prowline the streets of Seville in 2003-4. Because of the climate and 
> because many people live in places too small to entertain larger 
> groups of friends, a lot of the social and family life takes place 
> outside. 
> 
> Nathan 
> 
> On 4-okt-2007, at 23:02, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: 
> 
> > Philippe, 
> > 
> > Well you get my vote for street photography. nice set. that L1 
> > sure works good for you. 
> > 
> > Now, I got to make it to Barcelona next year. Nathan or Luis, 
> > either of you got an extra room for a couple of visitors? ;-) 
> > 
> > Gene 
> > 
> > 
> > -------------- Original message from Philippe Amard 
> > : -------------- 
> > 
> > 
> >> Hi Listers and Luggers, 
> >> 
> >> I strolled through the streets of (multi-layered) Barcelona this 
> >> Summer, 
> >> and as a Northerner, I was surprised to find that so many people 
> >> seemed 
> >> to spend time on their balconies. 
> >> They probably wanted some not-so-hot temperatures and a draft, I 
> >> realised afterwards. 
> >> So, not desiring to enter a street photography race with Luis, 
> >> which I 
> >> knew I would have lost, I kept my nose up for a while and shot 
> >> this series. 
> >> 
> >> http://tinyurl.com/3ccwbr 
> >> (Thanks Steve for the tinyurl tip, hope it works) 
> >> 
> >> I don't know if they deserve to be called street photography at 
> >> all, but 
> >> were shot from the street. 
> >> Best viewed large, for some of them. 
> >> 
> >> C&C Are Always Anticipated And Aprreciated. (C2A6) 
> >> Yours 
> >> Phil...x 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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> Nathan Wajsman 
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