Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill, A super series that I thoroughly enjoyed following these few weeks, and a fitting photograph to end it all. When is the book coming out? :-) Take care. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 10:10 AM Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > A westbound Amtrak three miles east of the Colorado Continental Divide. It > doesn?t go over the divide but under through through the 6.2-mile Moffatt > Tunnel. This Widelux shot was the centerfold of the Peak to Peak ?Day in > the life? essay. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Westbound_+Rollinsville_+Colorado_+1988.jpg.html > > > > > -0- > > > And so, on my 79th birthday (4/25), the last of 125 images which > partially summarize 60 years in photojournalism. The collection extends > from 1960 to 1988. The product of the rest of the years are found on the > LUG website. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/ > > > I realize this marathon has tried the patience of some. Two of my > friends asked to be removed from the distribution list. > > Now that it?s over, work begins on a book. Stay tuned for details. > > > Most especially, my thanks to: > > > ?All those who looked and commented. > > *All those who looked and didn?t. > > *Webmaster Brian Reid for his constant help and encouragement. > > ?The LUG website for serving as a platform for this collection. > > *Robert Pledge, founder of the Contact Press Agency, for he knows what and > he knows why. > > ?And to Ted Grant, God bless him. > > > A final note: For five years I belonged to the staff of the Estes Park > Trail Gazette, working with what I consider the most talented group of > journalists in my career. Because the town is the entrance to Rocky > Mountain National Park, my photographic emphasis immediately switched to > landscapes. I climbed Longs Peak three times and every summer hiked > hundreds of miles of trails, always with a camera, a Widelux and lenses in > my backpack. > > You will not see any of that product here, nor will anyone else. When > the owner sold the newspaper to the Denver Post, the new publisher of the > Trail-Gazette announced that, from now on, the paper would be printed in > color. That dorkwad then tossed out five decades of negatives and all the > back issues, dating back to 1914. He was fired for it, but all those > negatives, all that history, now are rotting in a landfill. > > > ?Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information