Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All is fine on board Dubhgas, Fran?ois told me off-list that he understands quite well, but finds it difficult to express himself in the language. Barthes! Always on my bedside table along with Jones's dictionary of English pronunciation when I was a student? (My favourite was "Fragments d'un Discours Amoureux", well worth the read too). Stay well! Amities Philippe Le 8 mai 2015 ? 03:15, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information