[Leica] LUG Print Exchange January!!

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Prints are real, tangible, physical and evoke a deeper response.  They  
are tactile, dimensional.  They gather and project emotion over time.

Point in case:  We've had an unusual (for the Seattle area) amount of  
snow - another 5 inches and still snowing  this morning for a total of  
18 inches or so - thus far where we live.

I took pictures of the previous foot of snow at first light Monday and  
made one 8x10 and a 4x6 of a different views of my next door  
neighbor's "snow-drifted" houses first thing in the morning before  
kids and dogs and delivery trucks messed up the perfect blanket.

Both neighbors were thrilled to get shots of their homes in that snowy  
setting.

It was the least I could do considering the "Very" Christian father on  
one side helped me break loose my snowbound truck, and the gay couple  
next door had shoveled off my walk without a word.

We can all get along if we want to.

Happy Holidays and best wishes for a Peaceful and Prosperous New Year  
from your Token Rinzai Zen Buddhist Honkey White Liberal Tree Hugger.

That's my deal land I'm stickin' to it.


Bob




On Dec 24, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

Its nice holding prints in your hand.

Now people show them their prints on their infernal phone.

Or some other held held thing which lights up in their hand and they  
stare
at walking down the street.

Mark William Rabiner



> From: David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:43:30 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Conversation: [Leica] LUG Print Exchange January!!
> Subject: RE: [Leica] LUG Print Exchange January!!
>
> Mark,
>
> I have an Agfa paper sampler packet from years ago. I bought it at a
> camera flea market. It was old when I bought it. Maybe 50's era.
>
> It's a stack of prints in a small 5x7 box. I assume these were actual
> prints because they are on actual Agfa papers -- the makes and  
> grades of
> the day.
>
> The prints appear to have been archival processed. I guess that's the
> way things were done back then. Even though it was a marketing promo
> with a short expected life they didn't cut corners to save a few
> pennies.
>
> Every few months I pull out the box and look through it. It's a
> different experience from looking through a book, although both are
> enjoyable.
>
> DaveR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mark@rabinergroup.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 8:25 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG Print Exchange January!!
>
> I do think making a print and having a book made might have some vague
> overlap but are two completely different topics.
> When I like most people over the decades practicing photography want  
> to
> see
> my latest picture I make a print of it.
>
> People now can make make a digital file and never have to make a  
> print.
> They upload it to a gallery or to a service which makes a print or a
> book.
> Or any number of other things.
> To me in a strong way it's a jpeg by any other name.
>
> Getting a nicely designed packet with a stack of prints in it all made
> in
> different methods on different paper by different Rollei people, and
> guess
> what with Rollei cameras coincidently enough, was a nice experience.
>
> It did not feel like getting a book in the mail.
> Not even vaguely.
> I don't think these two things overlap or otherwise threaten each  
> other.
>
> Books are nice but my "book" over the past 15 years has not been a  
> book.
> But a stack of fiber not RC prints in a box.
> Before that I had a "book" of my best work.
> People would flip through it.
> I'd make sure the prints were in the right order and the pages were
> fresh.
> No one tried to order one.
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
>
>
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