Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, Thank you very much for your comments! Yes, the Kodak Plus-X was my favorite film on the glorious film days of the past! I?ve shoot several shots of the Curator commenting with Rita, but here I have only posted the portraits, it will follow more pictures. Gary Winogrand have already said on his book ?The women are beautiful?, and I want to add ?in many senses??, I?m father of two daughters. Cheers Lluis > El 22 jul 2023, a les 23:40, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va > escriure: > > Your female portraits are excellent in all the important ways. From the > tonality I wish you could shoot Plus-X all the time. > > The boys are a good catch of young folk being semi serious. The curator > would be a good fit for a larger body of work telling a story. > > What can I say, in the western culture portraits of women can almost always > stand on their own but men more often need more information to be > successful. > > On Sat, Jul 22, 2023, 1:38 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> I?ve never posted this portrait I took my friend Menes in December 1983 >> with my Leica R3 Summicron R 50, Kodak Plus X developed on HC 110. I?ve >> maid a wonderful 12x16? Gelatin silver print, right now 40 years after it >> keep all the values, I suppose thanks to the Selenium toner bath I do to >> all my copies for conservation. >> >> Menes >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Portraits/1983120110v2.jpg.html> >> >> These ones are from a week ago, I had a meeting with the Curator that he >> will help me for my next exhibition Art Photo Barcelona 2023 from 25 to 29 >> October 2023, on the same meeting it was this young pretty lady Rita, who >> is preparing as well another exhibition of her collages. >> >> All these with Leica IIIF, Elmar f 3.5 / 5cm, Ilford Delta 400 E.I. 320 >> developed on Ilford Perceptol 1:1 >> >> Rita >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Portraits/2023F070100.jpg.html> >> >> Rita working on her project >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Portraits/2023F070111.jpg.html> >> >> We had the meeting on the Bar of a nice Barcelona Bookshop ?La Central?, >> behind me I saw these Boys >> >> Children reading a Tale book >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Portraits/2023F070108.jpg.html> >> >> A very interesting tale? >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Portraits/2023F070109.jpg.html> >> >> Santos (The Curator) >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Portraits/2023F070104.jpg.html> >> >> Thanks for looking, your c&c are always welcome and appreciated >> >> Saludos cordiales >> Lluis >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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