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Subject: [OM] Re: 'oldies are goodies'
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:26:15 -0500
Gotta love an article about photography and photographers that doesn't
have any pix.

Well, now that I look at it, this one does -- "David Bailey with his dog."

Thanks for the link!/ScottGee1


On 11/21/05, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> A charming article appeared in yesterday's "Observer" - an interview with
> David Bailey, with photo by Jane Bown (and a photo og Jane Bown by Bailey).
> One passge in particular caught my eye, thinking of the list...
>
> "Jane keeps apologising for her ancient cameras - one of them is 40 years
> old, exactly half her age - but 67-year-old Bailey tells her firmly that
> 'oldies are goodies' and anyway: 'It's not the camera that takes the
> picture.' He says he's got about 10 OM1s at home; he's even got a gold one
> because Olympus gave it in exchange for one of his (this was presumably when
> he was doing ads for Olympus). But, he adds, there is something wrong with
> Jane's OM1: 'The lens is opening up too slowly The spring's jamming
> slightly. I can hear it. You take it to Olympus and they'll be happy to do
> it for you. Get it cleaned at the same time.'"
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1646031,00.html has
> the full text, but alas no pics.
>
> --
> Piers
>
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