Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Vince Passaro >Her site has a very good section on R cameras and lenses as I recollect. With some errors. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com >On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> >wrote: > >> Karen is a very interesting woman. She's a Yale academic with impressive >> credentials, and also a fine photographer who loves cameras--especially >> classic 50-70s cameras--both as tools for her ethnographic work, and for >> their own sake. She's not afraid to use a screwdriver when necessary. She >> has indeed used Leicas, and was on the LUG c. 2003-2005. If you want to >> learn more about her and see some of her work, check out her site at: >> http://www.photoethnography.com/ >> >> You'll find her gallery and equipment sections quite interesting. Much of >> the site was done a few years ago, but classic camera info doesn't change >> much. Her blog is current, but most of its archives links didn't work for >> me. >> http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/ >> >> --Peter >> >> >> >> > Karen's interests are wide. My interaction with her was about the >> > Blad's. >> > I had not realized ( I don't think) that she was a leica user. Have fun >> if >> > you go. Reports would be great. >> > >> > Alastair >> > >> >>> From the NYLUG Committee: >> >> To the LUG: >> >> >> >> >> >> NYLUG '10: Colloquium in Photography >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> Photoethnography, Visual Anthropology, and the Leica >> >> >> >> The invention of the first Leica camera in 1913 ushered in new >> >> possibilities for naturalistic photography. Heavy tripod-mounted >> >> wooden cameras could be replaced by Oskar Barnack?s pocketable little >> >> brass wonder. Dozens of bulky film plates could be exchanged for a >> >> single interchangeable film cartridge. New vistas for street and >> >> field photography were opened up. Anthropologists were early adopters >> >> of this technology to bring back images from across the world. It is >> >> remarkable that almost a hundred years later we are still using the >> >> same film in much the same film cartridge that Oskar Barnack >> >> originally developed. >> >> Karen Nakamura is a cultural and visual anthropologist of >> >> Japan. >> >> An assistant professor of anthropology at Yale University, she has >> >> written an award-winning ethnography titled Deaf in Japan. She is >> >> known as the creator of the website Photoethnography.com and has also >> >> filmed and edited two ethnographic films. >> >> In this presentation, Karen will be talking about how the >> history >> >> of >> >> visual anthropology, how she uses her Leica cameras in her fieldwork, >> >> and share some of the photographs that she has taken in Japan, >> >> Malaysia, China, and the United States. >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Place: >> >> School of the International Center of Photography >> >> 1114 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue and 43rd Street) >> >> New York City >> >> >> >> Date and Time: >> >> Saturday, May 22 at 5:30PM >> >> >> >> Registration Fee (Must be received by us no later than Monday, May10): >> >> $30 >> >> >> >> >> >> Payment: >> >> -- Make Check out to -- >> >> RUBIN MACKAY NYLUG CFA >> >> >> >> -- SEND CHECK to -- >> >> RUBIN MACKAY INTERNATIONAL LAW PC >> >> 303 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 1109 >> >> NEW YORK, NY 10016 >> >> >> >> OR >> >> >> >> -- Paypal -- >> >> Please email Chris Saganich. >> >> chs2018 at med.cornell.edu >> >> >> >> Please email me if you wish to attend. >> >> >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> John >> >> >> I'd bet she uses a doze different brands and kinds of cameras. And well >> too. >> >> [Rabs] >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information