The PhotoPlusExpo was kinda surreal for me. I brought a 13x19 print to give to my friend Robert Rodriguez, the Artist-In-Residence at the Canson Booth, but later I borrowed my print back (Domino Sugar Refinery shot with a cloudy sky from the Williamsburg Bridge) to show Richard Herzog (from Phase One) who was one of the Leica nerds manning the SL counter.
Because I'm a jerk it is my tradition to tell Leica how they can make me a better camera so I kinda whip out my 1975 black SL2-MOT that Sherry built for me from two donor cameras that now resembles a camera that I stole from a museum. "Couldn't your marketing department come up with a new name?" I asked Richard, "And why buy a new SL when I already own an old one."
After I broke the ice Richard was deeply interested in how I shoot my Monochrom and how I print with seven shades of black using Piezography, and somehow rather smoothly I had the opportunity to show my work to people that matter. I borrowed back my print from Robert to show Richard and kinda became a sensation.
A picture is worth more than a thousand words, the IQ and tonality blew them away, and then I was directed to show both the SL2-MOT and my print to this older Leica rep who evidently is the big cheese with a German accent.
Anyways it was really great getting my talent and skill recognized at such a high level. I created quite a stir.
Cal
