[Leica] The largest American flag I have ever seen on a house!

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

Thanks Mark for your comment and the link to R. Frank's book. Would you say 
Stars and Stripes + the Statue of Liberty + Grant Wood's American Gothic 
have become basic icons most educated people recognize as being the pillars 
of "Americana"?Jean-Michel
 > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:55:29 -0400
> From: mark at rabinergroup.com
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The largest American flag I have ever seen on a house!
> 
> An American flag as a key element in a photograph of the American landscape
> certainly partly comes from THE AMERICANS. (1958) The iconic book by Swiss
> Photographer Robert Frank. But I'm sure his was not the first. Nor last.
> http://www.lensculture.com/frank_images/frank_1.jpg
> 
> When I drove out here to move here to NY it was during late June early July
> and small town America was adorned in RW&B. It was really excellent. A 
> great
> time to be discovering small town America.
> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> 
> 
> > From: Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:09:27 +0200
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The largest American flag I have ever seen on a 
> > house!
> > 
> > 
> > I often wonder why it is that the American flag is such natural part of 
> > the
> > American landscape, whether urban or country, whereas we in France have 
> > long
> > given up the tradition of displaying our flag - on Bastille Day, for 
> > example.
> > And this flag is almost as large as the house! Only in America ... 
> > Thanks for
> > sharing, Chris!Jean-Michel
> >> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:15:50 -0400
> >> From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com
> >> To: lug at leica-users.org; olympus at thomasclausen.net
> >> Subject: [Leica] The largest American flag I have ever seen on a house!
> >> 
> >> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=1121&category=27
> >> 
> >> I got up early this morning to photograph this so I could get the light
> >> right.
> >> 
> >> -- 
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