Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will give William the benefit of the doubt. Online forum and mailing lists can be tough to navigate! On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>