Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/18

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Subject: [Leica] Hello from William Carter
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:33:11 -0400
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It strikes me as odd that the poster outlines his cv and links to
wares for sale to a group he somewhat dismisses as equipment
worshipers. Maybe he'll participate in on going discussions going
forward, maybe not. If he does, I will have been proved wrong,

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> Oops. ?Is there something I don't know here?
>
> Tina
>
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Why worry about it William? If you phish and troll long enough you're
>> bound to catch something.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 2:38 PM, William Carter
>> <bywilliamcarter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello LUG:
>> >
>> > William Carter here. By way of introduction, I've had a 50+-year
>> > 5-continents career as a photographer and author, shooting most of my
>> > photos with Leicas. Been published in LIFE, the London Sunday Times,
>> > Geographical Magazine and others.1966-69 freelanced from London, doing
>> > assignments for New York Times, Women?s Wear Daily, and TWA?s Annual
>> > Report, etc. I've authored 5 books of photographs and text including
>> > Ghost Towns of the West, Middle West Country, Preservation Hall,
>> > Illuminations (nudes), and my latest (came out last summer) published
>> > by Steidl, Causes and Spirits.
>> >
>> > A lot of my work is online at http://wcarter.us but I will be posting
>> > on your gallery as well. I have a blog at
>> > http://bywilliamcarter.wordpress.com where I use some of my work and
>> > other graphic elements
>> >
>> > My long closeup love affair with the Leica M-series began with an
>> > equally passionate long-distance love affair with one of its most
>> > famous users, Henri Cartier-Bresson. ?(I tell the story of my
>> > non-meeting with Henri in Causes and Spirits and in the occasional
>> > readings at bookstores I have been doing.) ?Most of that book was shot
>> > with M-3's and M-2's; I still only have an M-4 with motor drive but
>> > sadly don't use it; I am only shooting digital these days. ?I have
>> > twice visited the shrine/factory in Wetzlar/Solms, Germany.
>> >
>> > I like the idea of the user group but am constitutionally not a group
>> > sharer or communicator, or tech savvy, cannot get into those
>> > exchanges, sorry about that. My current blogging has been on the
>> > subject of tribalism, which I witnessed professionally worldwide as a
>> > photographer/writer. Please see "Them vs. Us and Beyond" at
>> > http://bywilliamcarter.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/them-vs-us-and-beyond/
>> > The photo, which is on the cover of the current The Sun Magazine, is
>> > of a Yemeni tribesman taken in 1964 while I was living in Beirut.
>> >
>> > So do I belong to the Leica tribe? ?Probably not. ?I use my beat-up
>> > cameras close up, I do not worship them from afar.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > William Carter
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
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>>
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>
>
> --
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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