[Leica] Now for sale

[afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin)]

Steve, I suspect your copy will be the first to "go public", and I look 
forward to the review. Hoppy saw the "artists proof" in Brisbane last week, 
but I have made a number of changes since that was printed. 

Cheers

Alastair

--- kididdoc@cox.net wrote:

From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net>
To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Now for sale
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:39:02 -0700


On Jun 6, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:

> Thanks Ted, I will be very keen to hear what you think of the final  
> production when it arrives. Your comments echo some of my thoughts  
> and hopes when we started the project and throughout the 5 years. I  
> am sure there should have been a way to attract commercial interest,  
> but having visited Aperture, written to MOMA, accosted Leica at a  
> number of levels, and considered other forms of printing, the  
> improvements in self publication and Blurb in particular came at the  
> right moment.


again Bravo Alastair...


my FOM2 will arrive shortly and I am thrilled,

Steve


>
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair
>
> --- tedgrant@shaw.ca wrote:
>
> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Now for sale
> Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:05:59 -0700
>
> Alastair,
>
> This photo book project is one of a kind in the world, simply  
> because the
> LUG crew did it! No international corporation, no magazine or photo  
> group of
> any kind did what we did. And that makes this an extra special project
> because we show what the first 5 years of the new millennium looked  
> like
> from almost every conceivable angle and situation.
>
>
>
> No camera manufacturer or major photo company, but just a bunch of  
> ordinary
> everyday folks because of their love of photography. And yes,  
> because all
> involved used Leica cameras. Too bad Leica Inc. missed the whole  
> point of
> that on what could be an international advertising coup basis!
>
> Given we, the complete crew all used some form of Leica camera and  
> Leica
> have such an incredible page layout within the first 15 pages it's
> unimaginable they could be so stupid not to jump in and run hard  
> with this
> as their greatest promotion piece since the advent of the M camera.
>
> It's an international photography book project I'm very proud to be  
> part of
> with so many wonderful and highly talented photographers from around  
> the
> world.
>
> It will become known as the first iconic photo book of the 2000  
> millennium
> as soon as the right photo people in the world see it. I imagine photo
> magazines will do stories about how it was shot and by whom. And why!
>
>
>
> If the first few pages are any indication of what the rest of the  
> pages look
> like I can hardly wait for it to arrive. Once again Alastair a job  
> well
> done!
>
> Good on you lad!
>
> ted
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> Alastair
> Firkin
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 6:55 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Now for sale
>
>
>
> I see we have had 340 hits on the book and the sales are starting. I  
> don't
> mind if some of you "doubters" wait to hear from those who get the  
> book, but
> IFFFF you want to get one of the first copies of the LUG book FAMILY  
> OF MAN
> 2 PROJECT, go to:
>
>
>
> http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/259512
>
>
>
> and review the first 15 pages.
>
>
>
> If you were not here in 2000 to 2005, you will have missed the  
> action, but
> in this book, you will find over 500 images collected and judged by  
> the LUG
> members over a 5 year project. Most of the best photographers from  
> the LUG
> are here. This book runs parallel to the transition from film to  
> digital and
> represents the best of the new millenium and the unique effect of the
> internet on international communication.
>
>
>
> Live the LUG. ;-)
>
>
>
> Cheers and here's luck
>
>
>
> Alastair
>
>
>
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