Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops Philippe, I forgot about that possibility. Your own facility with English is brilliant and I generously attributed your linguistic adroitness to the entire French nation of Leica users! Mind you, I'm struggling with English myself as it's not my first language :-) and particularly this week after re-reading the translation of your fellow countryman Roland Barthes's philosophical consideration of photography "Camera Lucida" which was - to say the least - challenging to read. Is mise le meas, D?bhglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] from paris - Douglas & Fran?ois Douglas, I'm not sure Fran?ois will understand the language. Fran?ois, si tu as besoin d'aide pour traduire/comprendre, fais moi signe Amities Philippe Le 7 mai 2015 ? 16:24, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > Francois, > I'd like to have the option of seeing this slightly bigger. > > The beggar looks very appealing - in both senses of the word - but, true > to the current callousness of modern society, the beggee looks impervious > to his beseechings. It's as if that jumper he's wearing is made of > kevlar... > > The background expressions are intriguing, and the picture is an apt > comment on modern society. > > That said photographs lie, and the very next frame could show him giving > some money over. I'm sure Mr. Barthes had something to say about that in > "Camera Lucida". Must check the book. > > Looks like the outside of a railway station. Where was it taken? > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran?ois Berton" <f.berton at > orange.fr> > To: <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 9:22 AM > Subject: [Leica] from paris > > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98509000/so/im2.jpg > > Thanks for looking... > Fr > -------------------------------------------------------- > Fran?ois Berton > Paris > > 06 11 82 07 77 > f.berton at orange.fr > > http://www.berton-photos.eu/ > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information