Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/16
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is sell the wife and kids ;-) I find economy one way to pay for a new lens!!!
Cheers
--- dbirkey@hcjb.org wrote:
From: "Duane Birkey" <dbirkey@hcjb.org>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Subject: [Leica] Re: Steve McCurry
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:06:14 -0600
I met Steve McCurry briefly at the Delhi Airport... We were on the same
flight to Heathrow... I saw him standing a ways behind me in the security
line... and was pretty certain it was him... So I waited for him down by
the gate and as he approached, I went up to him and asked if I could shake
his hand.
He looked at me rather puzzled and asked, "Why?" I replied, "You are Steve
McCurry, aren't you"
And then he grabbed my hand and very enthusiastically shook it while saying
with even more enthusiasm, "Yes I am !!!"
We talked for a couple of minutes, he had a massive Nikon lens that needed
to be repaired, so he was heading back to NY.... He really seems to be a
nice guy... And I really do love his work as overall, it's quite stunning.
I have to laugh though, as he is much shorter than I expected....
Duane (Wish I could fly first class like Steve McCurry) Birkey
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