Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Buy a magnifying glass and save $7400 :-) On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:42 PM, John Beeching <johnbeeching at gmail.com>wrote: > Dear John, > > I've got "Looking In" and the contacts a fine for me. A great book, > heartily recommended. > > Yours, > > John > > On 11 March 2010 17:27, John Edwin Mason <profmason at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Sorta on-topic, since Robert Frank used a Leica. > > > > Limited editon Japanese publisher Kazuhiko Motomura has just released a > > book that consists solely of Frank's contact sheets from his legendary > book, > > The Americans. > > > > The sheets have been enlarged so that each frame is about 2x3. That's, > > what, about double normal size? > > > > Price? 1,500 bucks. > > > > But, wait, there's more. > > > > To qualify to buy the book, you have to agree to all of Motomura's > previous > > publications, which would total about 7,500 dollars. > > > > More info at 5B4: > > > > http://5b4.blogspot.com/2010/03/robert-frank-81-contact-sheets.html > > > > BTW, you can also see the contact sheets Sarah Greenough's Looking In, > > which will only set you back 50 dollars at Amazon. (You'll want to > budget > > for a magnifying glass, however. The contact sheets are normal size.) > > > > --John > > > > ****************************** > > John Edwin Mason, Photography: > > http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com > > Charlottesville and Cape Town > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > John Beeching > http://johnbeeching.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia > // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]