Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/16

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Subject: [Leica] thousands of street photographers undeveloped negatives found after her death
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:47:32 -0500
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Reinforces the need to print images and not rely on the digital or  
cloud.

Also, I suspect
the serendipity of an intelligent, interested and devoted person
running across our life's work in an auction
whether digital or film
will prove a rare event.

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Oct 16, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Ric Carter wrote:

> I fear that you are right.
>
> We will also lose those family photos that occupied some obscure  
> drawer at grandma's.
>
> ric
>
>
> On Oct 16, 2009, at 12:58 PM, Jim Shulman wrote:
>
>>
>> I fear that discoveries like this will disappear with the rise of
>> all-digital imaging.  There's a lot to be said for something  
>> that's tangible
>> and visible to the unaided eye.
>
>
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