in Bangkok last week i bought a fake watch….on purpose….just to see how it would work….the genuine Panerai diver’s watch sells retail for $6,800. (guaranteed for one year to go 300 feet underwater with no leaks)….i overpaid a street salesman 30 bucks for my fake Panerai (not guaranteed for any amount of time or to even last one run through the shower)….still, as i rolled it over in my hand and looked closely at the apparent precision , i could not imagine how even a fake as good as this could be made to sell for such a low price…the "fakes" of many products sold in the streets of Bangkok are quite impressive..
however, i also bought another "fake"….or, i should say, "bought into" another fake….but, not on purpose….a fake person ….looked real, but turned out not to be….please do not try to guess who…this is nobody you know or who has ever been mentioned on this forum….and this is about biz , not love…
the fake watch will amaze me for every day that it lasts…the fake person is gone in my mind forever….i try to be a flexible man…i can take all kinds of abuse…and i often make friends with people that others may find not so "popular"….but, to be dissed, betrayed or manipulated by someone leaves me cold and disillusioned….i just hate the feeling…
i am sure that most of you, at one time or another, have had this feeling of being betrayed…..something like the helplessness one feels after being robbed or vandalized…you want to shake off the negative vibes, but they are slow to go…how do you deal with these feelings ?? do you just shake it off or are you more paranoid the next time around??
by the way, the fake watch just keeps on ticking….matched with my plastic "satellite timed" Casio, it is keeping very good time…and has survived four hot showers!! will it go down to 300 feet underwater?? i will never know…but whatever happens to this "fake" watch, i will never be disappointed….i wish i could say the same for person x……
ASHER…
yes, i can imagine that scenario and the after thoughts you would have had..that event runs a whole lot deeper than my little “loss of faith”…somehow you have managed to work your way out of it in the most mature way…the imaginary retribution that plays out very well in the movies, does not really work in real life…i guess that is why we like to see it in the movies!!
many thanks for your thoughts…
MICHAEL….
sorry i will miss you this season….anyway, my door is always open…
i do spend an inordinate amount of time editing….and teaching…and writing..and shooting and and and..inordinate amounts of time are just the “name of the game”…do not worry though…you will still always have time, or should at least make the time, to go fishing, or sailing, or hiking, or watching a frisbee fly straight into an oncoming wave..
DIANA…
please stay in touch…and link me to your newest project when you get it going…you are right, i do have my hands pretty full right now particularly looking at all of the work submitted for the stipend from readers of this forum…but, i do get windows of time and space, so i will do my best to take a look when you are ready….
cheers, david
David,
You touched on important question that interests me very much. You have said many have only a few books.
Is it a deliberate strategy to limit amount of shown material if one has a strong and recognized body of work already?
I feel that Koudelka seems to be already doing that.
RENE…
i think various photographers do it various ways and for a multitude of reasons….obviously martin parr sees it differently than joseph koudelka…and both are very successful at marketing their prints…
koudelka is totally limiting the prints he sells…as a strategy…and probably a good one…for the moment, he is selling nothing!! this will of course drive his print prices way up and at some point he will command very high print prices…
books are another thing…i think photographers just do books when they feel they are ready to have a book…joseph, for example, has published books all along even though he has the print limit..
some photographers do suffer from “overexposure” which is just as bad, if not worse, than “underexposure”…nothing worse than getting “too famous”…in photography as in rock bands!!!! best bet: get respect, fly low, be slightly under-rated, have a loyal group of believers…like Phish before they got too well known!!!
cheers, david
JORGE…
sorry to hear about you and your “amigo mio”..that is the worst…but, all you can do is to trust another friend…we have no choice..otherwise we die inside….so, we must get back up on the horse and ride into the wind!!
saludos, david
Overexposure…
is that why Alec stopped doing his blog?
David,
Sounds great! I created a flickr set and I can set-up a side account for you to use to login and view the current set. I’m not sure how else to do this because I haven’t quite decided which to keep in the set of the ones I like.
I also have a powerpoint presentation that leads up this collection. I used it as a transition when I presented it to my research lab at university. Easiest way would be to send it to you direct, but I can’t find an e-mail address around here so I suppose you can just e-mail me? Mine is dianalorge@gmail.com
Whenever you have time is great with me. The big event that has been building up, however, is Jan. 19 (around that date). This is my subject’s due date. :-) It would be an honor to have your thoughts. I do have to warn you that the set I have on flickr is not the main focus of my project, but it does help to paint a picture of the given culture.
Thank you again for being so open with me! This would be such a wonderful opportunity to further develop this topic!
Best,
Diana
RAFAL…
did alec stop doing his blog??? hmmmm, i was reading it yesterday….but, the overexposure i am talking about has nothing to do with blogs…blogs have nothing to do with “the work”…alec continues to be a great photographer doing refreshing work all the time now….
i am talking about becoming too too well known in the photo world with overexposure to certain photographs or becoming too too “popular” in the public domain as an “iconic”…look what “fame” did to salgado or annie leibowitz…you can become so well known for doing a particular thing, that you can get “stuck” doing a particular thing and get “frozen” in your own “image”…all of salgado’s great work was done when he was less than “iconic”…same with annie…i have seen none of the breakthrough work from either of them lately (last 10 yrs)…the very breakthrough work that made them the icons that they deserve to be…avedon, on the other hand, was iconic and yet always doing new things..same for gene richards…so, there are always exceptions…
cheers, david
David
You should go to sleep… and i should go to work… good night and good luck…
martin
RAFAL..
hey, you are right about alec…i was reading away yesterday and totally missed alec’s opening line…nor, did i pay attention to the dates!!!
i have no idea why alec dropped the blog…i will simply ask him…but, i will say this…every creative idea has a “burn out” point..or, all good creative ideas, in order to be really creative, have an end.. he may have reached that point…
alec soth is the photographer who talked me into doing a blog in the first place (see my piece on him from last summer)…and he did one of the most influential blogs ever…he literally re-invented blogging and kept it going for a long time…but, as i said, like the making of a book or a movie or the creation of any “object” there must eventually be closure…
i do not think anyone would consider doing a one person online forum “forever”,including me…interests change….priorities change…if things are fresh and fun and rewarding, then you do them…if not, you stop and move on to the next challenge..
cheers, david
MARTIN…
yes to both!! but i cannot sleep…i am on bangkok time zone….but, you should go to work!!!
cheers, david
Wow, welcome home..
With regard to one of your comments David, I look forward to the blog about how work that is made, complied and forever around is only a reflection of where the photographer’s head was at that moment in time. I was thinking about this today, as I was walking through the streets and thinking that what most interested me last month may not be what pulls my attention today. And why? What changes, what remains?
Somedays I can’t look at people at all, it feels dangerous to even look with curiousity or vulnerability, and on those days I realize I feel like I must appear more normal to others..not peering into faces and lives, just passing by. I wonder if other photographers, who have produced images that I admire so, have felt this too, if that is a part of what they felt at one time. But that part isn’t recorded into images..
The work that sustains me from other photographers, frozen in time, just a glimpse into their now then, somehow is eternal..
Alec may have thought he was overexposing himself. I think with art photography, limited exposure is whats important, as there is a premium paid for exclusivity…with documentary photography I think thats not the same case. Id still be interested in his reasons though
ERICA…
i totally know what you mean…some days i am absolutely not interested in something that i would have been mesmerized by even the day before…because, in my case, once i have “done it” that same energy cannot be duplicated on the same subject…
many times i also wander around as a “normal” person not taking pictures at all in situations where, had i been in a different mood, i would have been going crazy..these moments are just not recorded as you say..
and this thought, or a part of this thought, will lead to my next post…by tomorrow evening…
RAFAL…
i am not at all sure i understand what you mean….what do you mean??? “with art photography limited exposure is what is important”….hmmmm, we will ask alec about that one!!! limited printing, editions, is what is important…i am not so sure about the exposure…a certain amount of exposure is necessary for the photographer to become known enough to command good print prices…
my comments about salgado and annie were about their creativity, not their print prices or their value in the art and commericial market place….their “overexposure” gives them extremely high value in the art world….i was referring only to the actual work they are producing from a “close observer” or “insider” point of view…
i was talking about what the photographer actually DID after perhaps becoming overexposed or iconic…not with what the “market” felt about the photographers work with regard to print prices etc etc etc..
as i said, i will ask alec…but i am 99% sure it had nothing to do with his vision of “overexposure”…more likely to do with raising his young kids and family time etc etc..and possibly for the creative reasons i so stated above in the other posts….
as i also think, online blog exposure had nothing to do with his “work”…either what he did or how he was perceived..alec sold out his show at the Gagosian gallery right at the height of his blog and produced “Niagra” …as a matter of fact, i now remember him telling me that his blog had significantly helped his print sales…anyway, we will have the answer soon enough….i will let you know soonest….
cheers, david
I think perhaps that in the art realm, exclusivity extends to the artist. Might this not be why artist’s get successful after they die? They arent accessible anymore?:) Seriously though, perhaps theres an air of that in the art market: not only should the print be limited, so should access to the artist, and with a blog, well, thats the opposite of that, right?
And please, dont ever get too exclusive for us, although I think maybe that with bread and butter documentary guys, that doesnt apply. But Alec is an art photog.
Also, I want to thank you about kicking my butt. No more pointless walking around the city for me. Im not shooting only stories. Ive done many since you left. Finished the TKD, did something on a choir rehearsal, finished my Fountain project, did something on Korean thanksgiving, fireworks, now Im doing a behind the scenes look at korean baby modelling used in advertising in Korea which is a big industry here.
However, being a father myself, Im sure most of his reasons are about family. You know it, kids take a LOT of time and energy and attention. We have to prune our lives and simplify to find time for whats important. I would suspect that and just time for his REAL work and creativity are what his reasons were. I guess I was just kidding a bit, though maybe theres something to that too:)
fakes are there because they make us realize the importance of the original. darkness is there so that we can enjoy the sunshine. in our lives, at some point or other, we all make ‘friends’ who later on shed their mask and we realize, at times a little too late, that they were fake ‘friends’. they utilize us for all sorts of oblique purposes. it is, no doubt, painful, but still, they all have a purpose in this strange world of ours, they make us realize the importance of true friendship.
at least, that’s the way i take this. it somehow lessens the pain.
RAFAL….
man do i need sleep..i am on bangkok time and that makes for an all night blogger!!
since my last post, i e-mailed alec to answer your question…of course, it is 1am his time in minnesota, that is if he is even in minnesota…but, eventually we will hear from him…
the lines between documentary photographer and art photographer are no longer lines..lots of blur….i see alec’s work as totally documentary in style..that is he shoots his work as documentary (bears witness) as opposed to gregory crewdson who fictionalizes his scenes….alec just “presents” it in the art world and uses an 8×10 camera…as does former news photographer now art photog luc delahaye, for example (same pictures from news stories, presented as art)…most “documentary” photographers (who would hate to be called “bread and butter” photographers) hang their work in the same museums and galleries as the “art” photographers…besides, alec soth shoots for magazines and ad agencies and is very much a commercial/editorial photographer too (see the jack spade ads)…but, certainly he mostly presents himself as an “art photographer” as you say…but, if the advertising photography does not hurt his “exposure” nor the magazine photography either, then i doubt if the blog hurt him (remember what i said that he said about his print sales re: the blog)….i am right now betting my sweet used barbour bag, that alec dropped the blog for family reasons…i mean, if i had a wife and children at home right now, i would be thrown out of the house!!! time at the computer is not the same as hugging your wife!!
SUBHRAJIT…
words of true wisdom from you…many thanks
cheers, david
Remembering Alecs post about flicr, man that set off a whirlwind, Where is the good work on flicr? thats it, that was the post. Jezuz! that was unreal, the flicr groups were having a melt down. That was really something.
DAVID, if you’re on Bangkok time, how do you manage to blog all day—-I mean night, too?
Gear questions: What do you usually use for a camera bag, your Reporter Satchel or…? What combination of bags do you carry on the plane?
If it’s going to be rainy, does that alter your choice?
OK-end of gear questions for today.
Well, not quite–Has Martin Parr gone digital? What focal length is he using?
NO LONGER GEAR: The info on Alec and generally how you and the other big boys deal with careers, art, etc. is valuable. It removes the “outside,not being able to see in” feeling.
About documentary photography, several years ago I read a book by Ken Light, in which he had chapters about various documentary photographers. It is a great book.
Back to sleep.
Michael
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Hmm I like this phrase A LOT, David!!! With your permission, I will write it in my note book ;-)
“we must get back up on the horse and ride into the wind!!”
(That is the phrase, I don’t know why it desapeared in my last comment… oopps)
re: Alec’s blog…
I’ve read it as well, though never left any comments there, as generally I’m not at all into blogs and the DAH blog is the only blog I go to/read with any kind of frequency. In fact, LS and DAH are the only photo-related websites i look at and the reason why I was drawn to David’ blog was because of it’s community aspect. In other words, david wasn’t pontificating (with the hords applauding) but was “inviting” his readers, friends, colleagues to join in his search: of ideas, photos, discussions, etc. This is what drew me in and what has been an inspiring dialogue ever since, and this goes back to february or march, something like that.
Alec’s blog was, for me, the first really interesting bloc about photography, ’cause it broached issues larger than photography. It also offered readers an inside seat into some of the working thinking behind his work, his life, his ideas. For a long time, i also thought about making a blog, but then i realized, ad david pointed out, that if i unleashed that kind of energy on the computer world/blogosphere, my wife would immediately divorce me ;))…my web activity is pretty restricted: for photography, its this: dah, ls, johnvink site and a view from-time-to-time threads (like alec’s blog, photoeditor blog, stupidphotographer blog and a couple others), but i still spend little time, generally speaking on the web: gmail, yahoo, nytimes, villagevoice, salon, and that’s it…not enough time…so im sure that alec, out of need, had to cut it down and out…which is a shame, ’cause he is a very intelligent and thoughtful writer and photographer…i should add that I’ve also seen lots, sadly, of enmity and bitter backlash against Alec’s blog, which is a cynical unfortunate thing, but, as i wrote above, that’s the unfortunate commodity of life and especially on the web (witness the transformation of LS in the last year, christ….)….
exposure is an irrelevancy: it’s all about the work and what certain photographers continue to do…i know of photographers whose work never petered and continued to challenge right up to the end of their life and i know of photographers whose work never transcened the images to which they first drew attention for themselves…personal development, as an artist, is seems to me is no different than pesonal development in life…transfiguration/transformation: some continually swallow and feel and are open to that, some never quite get it…in the end, its all not terribly important: only pictures, the more important is the countenance and gesture by which one lives their life….
alec’s blog may be defunct, but his new book on Colmubia is extraordinary and i read he made it as a gift for his daughter…i personally dont categorize his work as anything other than this: testimony, to the ways that this disappearing life shapes and shifts…that may be art thay may be documentary, doesnt matter to me….what does is this: does the photographer speak to me about the struggle and negotiation of this passing life in rewarding and challenging and inspiring and thoughtful ways…and that alec’s work does and that is what his bloc did and that is what this blog does too…
im sure alec has his plate full with his new book and young family…i know, i’ve got a family of my own and i know the challenges of trying to get in 1 hour on the computer ….
riding into the wind ;))
bob
ps. martin: sent u some pic s;))))
running
b
W ROBERT….
i missed the flickr post or posts from alec…i will go back and look…
MICHAEL…
well my friend, when i am seriously jetlagged (as in 12 hr time diff), i do not sleep at all!! in bkk i was up late a lot..24/7 with the students…so, throw in the traveling and you have the disaster case you now see!!
you made me laugh with the bag question…my immediate friends know that i am a total bag freak…always looking for the perfect camera bag…discreet, right size, waterproof etc etc etc..you may or may not have noticed that i have given away a few of my camera bags as “prizes” on this forum…the reason…to get rid of the mountain of bags i possess..i do use only one camera and one lens…BUT, i have dozens of camera bags…still looking for the “perfect” one!!!
i think martin parr uses only film…but, sometimes people change quickly to my surprise…do not know his focal lengths…or anybody else’s either…
BOB…
yes, i could totally imagine you with a blog…after all, you are the primary writer for this one!! for sure, you have stimulated much of the writing here…you really got it going…if you did not chime in on things, harveyblog just would not be the same…if i were a magazine editor, i would have you on my staff immediately…analysis columnist..which is exactly what you do now!!
i think i have mentioned before that if things went “negative” here (as in LS sometimes) i would quit on-line chat immediately…life is too short to deal with all the young grown old too quickly cynics out there…however, i am very happy to deal with the young and young at heart photographers who need a push, a new point of view, or an uplifting thought to get them through the day..
your positive thinking is what i like…and i know surely that you have had just as many curve balls thrown at you as anyone else..maybe more….yet, you take it philosophically and move forward with gusto and grit and guts and with a joy and a big heart that can brighten a gray day…
by the way, and you probably know, alec and his wife adopted a young girl from Columbia and hence the book…personal personal personal…art, documentary, whatever…it speaks…wonderful book….
i think i will have your third from last paragraph bronzed or set in stone or electronically glued to the top of this blog forever…
now late late and running!!!
cheers, david
hi david,
it’s good to hear you had such a great time in Bangkok, although i’m sorry to hear about the one bad experience. i think most people have experienced something like that, i certainly have. while it may leave us hurt, or disillusioned, i think its important no to dwell to much on the negatives. that sort of person is simply not worth the time; its better to use the energy and time to move on to something more positive, like being with people you love, taking pictures, editing pictures – anything!
its been great to read through the comments about books. i’ve just completed a project and am looking to get it published. i’m still filled with the good feeling of completing something that can, hopefully become a book. although i’m in the early stages its been a very interesting process so far. i’ll keep you posted on how i get on.
david, is there anyway that you can let me know if my submission got through okay. i had a few problems with the ftp site. i know you’ve probably had a million request for this since the deadline, so sorry for asking, i just wouldn’t want to miss out.
are you going to be in london any time soon? if you are and you have time perhaps we could meet, i’ll pay for the fish and chips this time.
take care
Jason.
Hi David !
As usual, this post turns out to be so interesting…
As a regular reader of your blog, I feel I don’t have time to write things but I also feel I need to thank you for being so generous of your time !!
I “listen” to what is voiced here, just like many others, and sometimes I would like to smile, meaning that’s great we’re here together to exchange ideas, thoughts…
So here are a couple of smiles from a silent lurker :
:-) :-) :-)
Pierre
Oh, by the way, did you get the text that goes with the 20 pictures I submitted ? I was not able to upload it via digital railroad so I sent it to you directly (one of your email accounts)…
If it didn’t reach you, I can send it again.
Merci !
Ps : did you eventually get the pictures themselves ?
David :))…
you can bronze away, no royalities needed ;)))))…
yes, indeed, life is much too short and, in truth, we’re all pretty priviledged, too priviledged, to be muddied down by the darkness and cynicism around…since we have such a star-burst short time, why not use it to its best effect: share, live, shine :)))…
Im happy to have made a small contribution to a community (here) that has also given my own life so much :))
running :)
cheers
b
Thanks David. Will give you a call when I’m in town and hope to meet up with you then.
Talk soon.
Wendy
JASON…
i was supposed to be in london this week, but the Magnum meeting location changed, so now i end up in paris…we will do the fish n’ chips next time around..by the way, is there anything else to eat in old ‘londontown???
oh yes, your submissions are here…no problems
PIERRE-YVES..
nice to hear from you “lurkers” every now and then…and it was nice to see you in arles last summer…hmmm, where oh where did that time go?? seems like yesterday…
yes, we have all of your work….
i am in paris this weekend…but, i think you are in brittany…if not, call me at magnum….
RAFAL…
ok, i got an e-mail back from alec soth…i asked him why he dropped his blog…
directly quoting alec:
“I don’t have an altogether satisfying answer about the blog. It was a combination of things. But I guess the most prominent aspect was that it got too big. I was getting all of these e-mails from people wanting me to promote their stuff. My failure to promote one friend’s work ended up killing our friendship. What was supposed to be this personal little diary was turning into a magazine. I created the blog as an oasis from the the art business, but it was just turning into another arm of Soth Industries.”
so ends our chat about why alec dropped the blog….
cheers, david
Hi David, for the watch don’t worry, I know from good source that most of the time the parts are stolen from original warehouses or just do not reach them on the way from the production units, this means that the assembly might be the only difference with the original. Concerning Mr. X, that’s life and it usually happens that you trust someone and he makes you a child in your back (swiss expression)… this is very disappointing but luckily not everybody is like that, even when bad things happen we should not forget that trust is the essence of friendship, don’t lose trust, it’s important…
David fish and chips in London are rubbish you have to head north and get chips and gravy. Then there is curry which makes all the bad things about living in the UK worth while. Maybe you should try and get a gig at the National Media Museum in Bradford worth it just for the food.
Hi David, hi everyone,
I know that you must announce the “winner” on Dec. 15th but what about the web site for the other submissions and the feedbacks? I guess it will come a little later, since you have been pretty busy recently and it must be a very time-consuming task…
Everyone knows TRUE chippie sauce ;-) is only available in Edinburgh in unmarked, unlabelled former irn-bru bottles. Its ingredients are unknown and it’ll never get past the FDA.
Whenever I’m down south I find myself drawn to Wagamamas (there is one in Covent Garden I think).
Totally understand the bag obession! I go into stores, play with the bags for half an hour then buy a lens cap and leave.
I was impressed by “On Being a Photographer” and it was a series of edited conversations between photographers, so distilling the wisdom of this blog would make an awesome book.
A statement I keep reviewing now and again from a fridge magnet:
“What people say about you reflects only upon themselves.”
My copy of “Living Proof” arrived in the mail today. Books, paintings, photographs–of the things I own, these are what I love most. Well, my cameras also. Words and pictures can give us a spiritual connection that crosses barriers of time and place. I see and I can feel the rhythm of the world of hip hop.
I had to laugh at your dilemna with finding the right camera bag. I have too many cameras, but I have even more too many bags. In your spare time, it would be great if you designed a David Alan Harvey bag–maybe two bags. A Leica bag and a Nikon bag depending on what the shoot would be.
Dare I do this without starting a massive write in???
Unless it rains (hard) the Domke Super Satchel is great for Nikons and the Reporter Satchel is wonderful for Leicas. You can put the cameras in the big front pouches.
The cheapest I found David’s little Barbour (or something close) is at Osprey Fishing Gifts. To get the best price, you have to order the thorn proof bag which is waxed canvas. I don’t understand it, but that bag is $50 less than the other one. Probably the same bags.
I needed a break from editing, so I went shopping. So much for delving into the meat of creation and photography.
BTW – Has anybody read “Image Makers Image Takers?”
Ciao,
Michael
ROSEMARY…
it is always nice to hear from you…and it was great to see you in new york a couple of months ago….
now bags!! i have actually been offered a chance to design a camera bag for a major company…but guess what?? i just cannot make up my mind on so many things…i like this about one bag, and this about the other…and what i think is important , you make not think is important…anyway, think i will just stay a simple bag consumer for awhile!!
YAN…
i trust people until they prove otherwise…and i go with my gut…not other people’s opinions of someone…but, nobody gets it 100% of the time…
HARRY…
chips n’ gravy??? no fish? just chips n’ gravy?? hmmmm, sounds healthy!!
DAVID UKALEQ B…
i will announce the winner on december 15…but it might be about the first week in january before i can have the new web site up to show all the work that seems appropriate…everyone will just have to please be flexible and patient giving that this time of year is just raining with stuff to do falling out of the sky from everywhere!!! i imagine all of us are in the same boat….but, thanks for asking and rest assured that i am “working on it”…i have not forgotten…
NEIL…
many of you have suggested a book as an outcome for this forum…it was not something i thought about at all when i started, but after seeing the amazing amount of material that comes in textwise and now soon to be picturewise, it certainly seems like at least something to think about..the best books are organic……and this forum is totally organic…there was no plan…it just happened!! so let’s wait and see…you can do your part by writing brilliant text..no rules, no bounds….c’mon dude get cracking!!!
MICHAEL…
ok, you guys have found my “tech talk” weakness…bags…well i have always liked Domke bags…i even went to school at missouri with jim domke..i remember when he came up with the bag while a staffer photog at the Philadelphia Enquirer..he brought prototypes down to us at Geographic to see how we liked them…my only problem with the Domke is that they are a bit heavy even when empty and do not do too well in the rain..but i have used the reporters satchel quite a bit over the years..
the Barbour thorn proof waxed canvas is very light, waterproof (or very resistant) low key, and a good size..same size as the popular Billingham Hadley pro but less “steal me” styled…
i also find useful a couple of different bike courier bags because of the cross strap which allows you to use it almost like a back pack and take the weight totally off your shoulder when walking great distances, climbing or…riding a bike!! patagonia “half-mass” good…Crumpler “hoax” or “”he-goer” good…by the way, if a bag does not have a cross strap, you can put one on anyway..including Domke…you can buy a Timbuk 2 cross strap as a separate item and use it on almost any bag..
ok, no more bag talk!! until later!!
cheers, david
Reading you’re a bag freak made me laugh. I totally understand you because i’m also on the quest for the perfect bag foe years, and have too many for the cameras I actually own.
On other hand I think the frustration of not having enough money to upgrade my gear as regularly as I would like, makes me buy bags to compensate my consumist female hoemons :)
Hi David,
great to know about Alec’s reasoning. I had suspected that. Being a new father myself, I could never find the time to run a blog as big as Alec’s was and I wonder where YOU find the time to run this, even though you dont have a baby to take care of.
hi david,
i have to admit i do love fish and chips. mmmm can can taste it now, which reminds me its nearly lunch time! there’s plenty of great food to be had i’m sure we can find something.
enjoy paris and see you soon.
jason
I’m not in Paris this weekend, unfortunately. It would have been a great pleasure to meet but I have a big birthday party in Normandy…
Anyway I’m quite impressed : how were you able to remember that I live in Britanny ?
Ever been there ?
If you want to come, you’ll be welcome. A former english teacher of mine, Claude Le Gall, who is a photographer for the VU agency, really likes your work too. So if Paris is not too far, just come and we could chat ! Brittany is beautiful !!
David,
Having just read that you would be in Paris, may I ask you when? I’m in Germany this week (as usual) but will be in Paris next Tuesday…
DAVID U..
i will be in paris monday and tuesday, but probably too busy to meet…i have a Magnum board meeting and that probably will keep me from venturing too far from the office…my duty calls!!!
cheers , david
Ok David, in fact I will be in Paris only for a connection so I wouldn’t have had much time either. Maybe another time…
Have a safe trip to Paris,
David