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Subject: [Leica] Mary Ellen Mark's latest
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:52:52 -0500
References: <CAH1UNJ2yA2WfL-zLE9aSTcNqWB7F_Sf6q-g_171NrkN_zHjaAw@mail.gmail.com>

Walmart has the Salgado book for $110, although it is a smaller version. 
I?ll check it out the next time I go wine shopping. 

Ken

Sent from my iPad

> On Jun 21, 2021, at 10:39 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> ?Books are really a collectors item nowadays, and will get priced as such
> when new. Not unlike a film camera, a mechanical watch or a fountain pen.
> You have to have a passion for the object to acquire them, the practical
> aspects be damned!
> 
> I gave away my library (not sold, but distributed, free) of 15,000
> paperbacks about 10 years ago. It was taking too much space, and not
> getting used at all. I figured that it was better to distribute it around,
> mainly to school, college and club libraries, so others benefit at least.
> Besides, the replacement cost in a digital format was so inexpensive that I
> could do that whenever I wanted.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 8:50 AM Richard Man <richard at 
>> richardmanphoto.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> If you think Salgado's Amazon is expensive, how about Mary Ellen Mark's
>> 1000+ pages, 3 volumes book set for $600?!
>> 
>> I love her work. I guess I have to ask, how much do I really love her
>> work!!
>> 
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