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Subject: [Leica] j. mcnalley on elsie
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:17:23 -0700
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KYLE

Who is Elsie?

Jerry


Kyle Cassidy wrote:
> i don't know if y'all read joe "hot shoe diaries" mcnallys' photo blog, 
> but today he posted a memory of Eisenstadt i thought i'd repost:
>
> "I used to bump into Eisie all the time as he padded the hallways of the 
> 28th floor of Time Inc. ?Hello McNally,? accompanied by a fairly 
> dismissive wave of the hand was generally as far as the conversation got. 
> As the story goes, Eisie was waiting at the elevator on 28 with a bunch of 
> other photogs. The doors opened and they all crowded in, the diminutive 
> Eisie found himself in close quarters, surrounded by younger, taller 
> photographers.
>
> "He looked around. ?I used to be just as tall as all of you,? he said in 
> his German accent. He made a couple dramatic shrugs of his shoulders, the 
> kind of motion you would make if you were carrying something heavy. ?The 
> equipment, the equipment,? was all he said."
>
>
> http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/2009/07/27/a-morning-with-eisie-and-carl?/
>
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