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Subject: [Leica] A Better 2011
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 12:54:18 +0100
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That's 3 Bill

Hopefully a good will come out of a bad  :-)

Philippe


Le 1 janv. 11 ? 12:41, Nathan Wajsman a ?crit :

>
> +2
>
> On 1 Jan, 2011, at 3:32 , Montie Talbert wrote:
>
>> +1
>> Count me in as a purchaser of the "Texas Panhandle Project"
>>
>> Montie
>>
>>
>> Ted wrote:
>>
>>> With all my effort I wish the best whatever it maybe for you and  
>>> family in
>> 2011!
>> ted
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Clough" <bill_clough at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <LUG at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 10:33 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] A Better 2011
>>
>>
>> USA
>> TEXAS
>> VICTORIA
>> 01 January 2011
>>
>> Dear LUG family--
>>
>> Two stories--both unfinished.
>>
>> In 1984 I was the feature editor for the Estes Park Trail Gazette,  
>> adjacent
>> to Rocky Mountain Nation Park in Colorado. In late December, just  
>> at dusk,
>> the
>> snows brought the mountain sheep down from the high country. I took a
>> picture
>>> similar< to this one, of a female sheep with her head slightly  
>>> turned
>>> because
>> she was trying to figure out what that reflection was she was  
>> seeing in my
>> 500mm
>> f8 mirror lens.
>>
>> She stood full frame in the falling snow. We waited to run until  
>> January 1,
>> 1985 with the headline:
>>
>> HAPPY EWE NEAR
>>
>> The paper kept the best negatives. So all I can offer is one of the  
>> shots I
>> managed to keep:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/Happy+Ewe+Near.jpg.html
>>
>> In the 1990s the family that owned the paper sold it to the Denver  
>> Post. One
>> of the first decisions the new dorkwad of a publisher made was to  
>> announce
>> from
>> now on the paper was to be running only color photographs. And, he  
>> said, he
>> needed storage. So, he ordered five decades of black-and-white  
>> negatives
>> thrown
>> into the dumptster, along with all the back copies of the paper  
>> dating back
>> to
>> 1914.
>>
>> This stupid example of inhumanity was fired because of public  
>> outrage. But
>> by then, of course, it was too late.
>>
>> The second story: Earlier this month, my wife lost her job and, on  
>> December
>> 28th, the editor of the Victoria Advocate fired me. He has been on  
>> a long
>> campaign to rid himself of those he inherited when he took over the  
>> paper.
>> Last
>> month, it was my turn.
>>
>> Being nearly 70, I find the options limited but refuse to believe  
>> my only
>> choice is at which Walmart would I like to be a greeter.
>>
>> The good news--I now have time to finally, finally, start working  
>> on that
>> promised book of Texas Panhandle photos. Stay tuned.
>>
>> I have no idea what 2011 holds. But two truths are evident: It's  
>> got to be
>> better than 2010 and I am NOT going to sell the Leicas.
>>
>> My best wishes to all for a Happy New Year.
>>
>> --Bill
>>
>>
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>>
>
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