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Subject: [Leica] A grab bag of comments
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 23:55:51 +0100
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Thanks for take a look Jayanand, the Prado Goya's Galleries are really  
great on this statement, there is longtime ago I've not visited the  
Prado again..., made I strongly recommend you also Reina Sofia if you  
like modern and contemporary art.

Cheers
lluis

El 04/01/2010, a las 3:38, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?:

> Would make a good anti-war statement with the Goya paintings in Prado.
> The Prado is very high up on my list of museums to see..
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:54 AM, Lluis Ripoll Querol
> <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes larry, the story you relate is exact.
>>
>> You can believe me, I was really emoved seeing it, I think I was 10  
>> or 15
>> minutes looking at it. The Picassos's dream was that this picture  
>> was on the
>> Museo del Prado. The democratic gouvernement in Spain after some
>> negotiations with the Picasso's familly and the kind support of the  
>> MOMA has
>> finally exhibited it in Spain dedicating a new museum for it and  
>> other great
>> painters, now it is also a room dedicated to it. Really impressive  
>> and with
>> a great signification not only for us, the Spanish people, I think  
>> for all
>> the World!
>>
>> Thanks again for your comments
>> Lluis
>>
>>
>> El 03/01/2010, a las 22:11, Lawrence Zeitlin escribi?:
>>
>>> A grab bag of comments about recent LUG posts.
>>>
>>> Mark,
>>> It would be tough to use the Graflex for photographing carrier
>>> landings if it was anything like the one I used in the early '50s.
>>> Disregarding the fact that you had to reverse your concept of left  
>>> and
>>> right, it took about half a second for the mirror to flip up and the
>>> shutter to move across the film opening when taking a picture. And  
>>> if
>>> you didn't have a lens with an auto diaphragm, it took longer. In  
>>> that
>>> time the plane would have traveled almost 200 feet. The few sports
>>> photographers who used Graflex cameras to film baseball complained
>>> that they had to release the shutter before the pitcher threw the  
>>> ball
>>> to get a shot of the batter swinging (or not).
>>>
>>> Lluis,
>>> Picasso's "Guernica" was on display at New York's Museum of Modern  
>>> Art
>>> for a number of years. It occupied a solo room near the wall sized
>>> mural of Monet's "Water Lillies." You could go from wartime chaos to
>>> tranquility in a few steps. Picasso refused to have Guernica  hung  
>>> in
>>> Fascist Spain during WW2. I believe it was returned after his death.
>>>
>>> Tina,
>>> I think my blood would boil at 13,000 feet. About ten years ago my
>>> wife and I contemplated a hut to hut X-C ski trip on the 10th  
>>> Mountain
>>> Division trail in Colorado. Her brother was a member of that  
>>> division
>>> and she always considered herself a better skier. We chickened out
>>> when we discovered that all the huts were above 11,000 feet and you
>>> had to ski the trail carrying 50 pounds of supplies. Although we  
>>> might
>>> have tried if you were standing beside the trail handing out little
>>> bags of candies.
>>>
>>> A belated Happy New Year to everyone.
>>>
>>> Larry Z
>>>
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