Hey gang - haven't posted for a bit, been lurking.
But with good reason.
I start my new job writing and taking photos for a major travel publisher next
month. Of
course I will be relying pretty much solely on my Zuikos and OM4Ti - the choice
of many a
great travelling photographer. Backed for fun and under-rated-but-quality
performance by an
always-on-me XA and an ostentatiously low-brow 35SP. I'm packing tons of Provia
(cause travel
publishers only like trannies - Lonely Planet Images for one still has not
"gone digital" and has
no plans to do so in the timelined future!) and, because I'm a sad, dopey young
romantic, a
ton of Agfa Scala as well. I fear with the encroachment of digital, this
BEAUTIFUL niche film
may be one of the first to die. So I wanna be one of the lucky few to have a
substantial
archive of the stuff!
But alas, I need inbox space to move a LOT of work-related mail around. Thus I
have to
unsubscribe - in the short term - from this wonderful list. I don't have my
original email, so I
have lost my unsubscribe instructions - if someone could forward these to me,
it would be
greatly appreciated.
I have enjoyed my years of consorting on this list, having benefited greatly
from the wealth of
information, and witnessing (and participating) in someone rare and wonderful
expressions and
free trade. Ain't the internet grand?
Hopefully my growth as a photographer will be exponential, both in terms of
creativity and
discipline, and I will be able to contribute more significantly to the list
again at a later date.
The camaraderie here has been singularly and consistently warm - a far cry from
the solitary
week I was able to withstand the shallow bitching on the Lei*a list! I've been
using this list on
and off for three years - testament to it's value, for sure.
Anyway, - all the best to you all; don't fear the technology, but push it to
it's limits. When Jimi
Hendrix used a wah-wah pedal, it was cutting edge, today - often a retro
indulgence, because
people now are still trying to replicate what he did then; they forget he had a
one way ticket
out of Familiarville. We may use older cameras, but we can still make them do
new things. Film
will never die.
Reuben Acciano
Perth, Western Australia
Jan 2003
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