Lester's IIf gallery

[Todd.Hanz]

I'm sure some here have seen this and I'm sure some here know of Lester from Pnet and nelsonphoto, but if you haven't this is a gallery worth looking into. (Florence Italy, 1950's, Leica IIf, 50 summitar) Stunning work.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesged/


Todd

 

[Beniliam]

Yes stunnig work. I see the gallery, one impressive collection of photos!

 

[einolu]

brilliant work, time travel!

 

[dkapp]

Wow. I've never seen that gallery before. Brilliant work and a must see for everyone.

 

[aad]

Amazing. I am in awe.

 

[djon]

Lovely work, an innocent time.

 

[eIII]

wow! love the tone and front to back as sharp as the 50's get! great stuff.

'eye's left' on page 3 is killer!

billy3

 

[Kin Lau]

I've been following his discussions on nelsonfoto... very good stuff.

 

[MinorTones]

That is some very nice work. Well printed and seen. Lots of humor in some of the photographs as well.

 

[scottgee1]

Good stuff!

Good stuff!

Wow! These are marvelous. They evoke that time and place very well. Some are so artfully composed that they seem set up, but since the others are clearly candid it tells me the photographer had a keen eye AND a quick trigger finger.

And imagine, it was all done without AF, a motor drive, multisegmented matrix metering or megapixels!

Thanks for the heads up!/ScottGee1

I'm sure some here have seen this and I'm sure some here know of Lester from Pnet and nelsonphoto, but if you haven't this is a gallery worth looking into. (Florence Italy, 1950's, Leica IIf, 50 summitar) Stunning work.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesged/


Todd

 

[GeneW]

Great work there. I recently traded Les an Elmar 90/4 LTM for a really nice QL17 GIII with case, flash and lens shade. I didn't realize until just now it was the same Les... He has a IIIf again and seems to be enjoying it.

Gene

 

[pshinkaw]

Les is a good friend. I met him on Photo-net seeral years ago and helped him repair a Kiev-4a and Fed-2. He invited me over to his house for Sunday dinner and sent me home with a carry-on bag of working cameras.

He has a personal web page here:

http://www.lesgediman.com/

-Paul

 

[Honus]

Thanks for the heads up, Todd. A superb set of photographs.

 

[f8&go]

Missed this thread till now.

Thank you very much, it is wonderful stuff.

 

[nico]

Thanks Todd for sharing 🙂.
Great stuff, he took these wonderful photos when those places still had their own character. I envy him twice :bang:
Nico

 

[Paul T.]

Les is a wonderful gentleman. I used one of his photos for an exhibition accompanied by his recollections of witnessing one of the Trinity Atom bomb tests; absolutely fascinating. And his photos are wonderful.

 

[Todd.Hanz]

Wow, whoever dug this thread up...thanks, I forgot how well a Summitar can perform in the right hands!

These are photos I wish I could have taken.

Todd