[Leica] 8 years in the making - IT HAS ARRIVED!

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Alastair,Many, many thanks for seeing this through.  Mine should be here in
three to four more days and I should probably order another one, sort of
like Leica collectors; one to use and the other to collect.  :)

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Alastair Firkin <afirkin@afirkin.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Peter, glad it arrived in good nick: if you find any errors, let me
> know
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair
>
> --- pdzwig@summaventures.com wrote:
>
> From: Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] 8 years in the making - IT HAS ARRIVED!
> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:29:35 +0100
>
> It has just arrived!
>
> Brilliant Alastair. Absolutely excellent.
>
> Superb photos, a real joy to look at and muse over.
>
> Congratulations to all those who took part it is a real treasure a snapshot
> of
> the turn of the millenium.
>
> What are you going to do for 2010??!!
>
> Peter Dzwig
>
> Alastair Firkin wrote:
> > Enthusiasm is always appreciated ;-) Thanks Gene
> >
> > Cheers
> > --- grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
> >
> > From: grduprey@mchsi.com
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> > Subject: RE: [Leica] 8 years in the making: here it is.
> > Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:09:30 +0000
> >
> > Ted,
> >
> > I did exactly as you did and ordered it right away, while sitting in a
> internet cafe here in Pickton Texas.  I have two in the book and can't wait
> to see them and all the other fantastic photos, I am having it delivered
> here in Texas before I leave for the European part of my vacation.
> >
> > Gene
> >
> >
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> >> Alastair offered:
> >>
> >> Subject: [Leica] 8 years in the making: here it is.
> >>
> >>>>> The Leica Users Group Project book: The Family of Man 2 Project is
> ready
> >> for purchase.<<<
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Alastair,
> >>
> >> ORDERED! :-)
> >>
> >> After 5 years of watching the submitted and edited photographs grow,
> plus
> >> your years putting it , then trying to sell the concept to the
> publishing
> >> world, not to forget Leica. What's the point of waiting to have a copy
> in
> >> hand!
> >>
> >> Everyone who knows they have pictures or a picture in the book should
> order
> >> immediately! Why wait?
> >>
> >> And everyone who wasn't around as part of the crew January 1 2000 when
> it
> >> started should order one immediately to see what we as a crew under the
> >> guidance of our staunch and demanding Captain Alastair, shot in almost
> every
> >> out post of this crazy world during the following 5 years.
> >>
> >> To those who were not part of the 5 shooting years, you are going to be
> >> completely blown away with the high quality and beauty of the
> photography in
> >> this book! Don't get the idea it's just a bunch of PAW's, sure some are,
> but
> >> this photography is all classic work because it was driven by like
> minded
> >> people who love to use their Leica's!
> >>
> >> This will become one of those icon books illustrating the world over all
> is
> >> truly a marvelous place.
> >>
> >> Best part?
> >>
> >> It was shot by everyday folks with a like minded love of photography
> using a
> >> Leica camera!
> >>
> >> Now if the Leica promotion people would wake up to the fact the LUG crew
> >> have just handed Leica the finest international advertising promotion
> >> they've ever had at a time when Leica requires all the help they can to
> >> survive and prosper, it would be wonderful! Who knows?
> >>
> >> Good on you Alastair for a more than job well done.
> >>
> >> ted
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Don
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