Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember seeing all sorts of references to it, many decades ago. Interesting how cleanly the slate has been swept. Pierre Assouline, is himself a Moroccan. Curios that this wouldn't register with him. He does have a blog page. Maybe it's worth a shot asking him! http://passouline.blog.lemonde.fr/ S.d. On Nov 2, 2009, at 7:15 AM, Steve Unsworth wrote: > Well, I've now skimmed though the first few chapters of the > biography by > Pierre Assoiline and can't find any reference to him working abroad > tending > the family business. Of course it's possible that I've missed it. Do > you > have the dates as that would help. > > He did go to Africa, but that was under his own steam, and as far as > I can > tell from a brief read had nothing to do with his family. > > Steve > > > On 2/11/09 14:58, "Steve Unsworth" <lug at steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote: > >> Did he? My recollection is that his involvement with the family >> business was >> minimal. I'll have to skim through the biography I have and get >> back to you. >> >> Steve >> >> >> On 2/11/09 14:45, "slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote: >> >>> You're talking about passive association with a historical process. >>> HCB, on the other hand, went abroad to tend to the family >>> businesses. >>> He lived off that income, and at the same projected the persona of a >>> socially concerned activist. >>> But, he's French! >>> Apparently living with that type of ethical bifurcation doesn't >>> perturb them a bit. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information