Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-05 Thread P. J. Alling 

I don't know if anyone has but I want to believe...

On 6/1/2020 3:58 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:



On Jun 1, 2020, at 3:43 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:




On Jun 1, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:





On Jun 1, 2020, at 3:28 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:




On Jun 1, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:

Thanks Christine. I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. Lots of 
good memories there.

I too am angry — horrified in fact — over the killing of the black man at the 
hands of a lunatic cop. I hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 and spends 
the rest of his life in prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of anger at the 
looters and arsonists. Destroying other people's property and lives 
accomplishes nothing positive. It only paints the protesters as insincere and a 
danger to society.

What’s worse is there seems to be a lot of evidence that a lot of the 
destruction is caused not by people protesting the murder of George Floyd but 
by people whose goal is to sow discord and make things worse.
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Of course. And that’s almost always the case. With chaos come flat screen TVs 
and Ait Jordan’s. And the anarchists love it as well.


Particularly when times are as tough as they are right now.

Considering how perilously close we are to some terribly hazardous topics of 
discussion, this might be a good time to all agree that things really suck and 
move on to something we can all agree on, like slamming Kenny boy or something.


Yep. Didn’t someone say they saw Kenny boy coming out of Central with a new 
Nikon?

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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-05 Thread P. J. Alling 
That and a lot of opportunists who see this as an chance to steal stuff, 
and hell not to mention some young men just like the sound of breaking 
glass and the sight of flames...  I remember having those tendencies.


On 6/1/2020 3:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote:



On Jun 1, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:

Thanks Christine. I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. Lots of 
good memories there.

I too am angry — horrified in fact — over the killing of the black man at the 
hands of a lunatic cop. I hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 and spends 
the rest of his life in prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of anger at the 
looters and arsonists. Destroying other people's property and lives 
accomplishes nothing positive. It only paints the protesters as insincere and a 
danger to society.

What’s worse is there seems to be a lot of evidence that a lot of the 
destruction is caused not by people protesting the murder of George Floyd but 
by people whose goal is to sow discord and make things worse.


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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-05 Thread P. J. Alling 
Apparently you missed it, he's already been charged with murder, he and 
the three other cops involved have been fired, and they have been 
charged as accessories.


On 6/1/2020 2:37 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. I too am angry — horrified 
in fact — over the killing of the black man at the hands of a lunatic cop. I 
hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 and spends the rest of his life in 
prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of anger at the looters and arsonists. 
Destroying other people's property and lives accomplishes nothing positive. It 
only paints the protesters as insincere and a danger to society.

Paul


On Jun 1, 2020, at 2:01 PM, Christine Aguila  wrote:

Hi Everyone!

I hope you and your families are well and safe during these very difficult 
times.

I thought I’d share a photography related story.  Many of you probably know of 
Central Camera store located downtown Chicago.  It’s a quirky but fun camera 
store, which has been in business for 121 years, founded 1899.  Don Flesh is 
the 3rd generation owner; his grand-father started the business; Flesh is aged 
72.

Sadly, Central Camera suffered looting and was burned out.  Flesh is confident 
he can get the store back up and running, which is good.  He is also not angry 
and stands “with the African American community in solidarity.”

On the one hand I share this story because, well, this is a photography list 
and this is a photography story  and I thought photographers on the list would 
be interested.

But on the other hand I thought I’d highlight two Flesh quotes that would have 
definitely made our PDML Quote List that Mark Roberts puts together every year 
had Flesh been a PDMLer.

Quote #1:  “I wanted to go in, but the looters, there were so many people 
walking by and I was a little bit shy and fearful and all I had was an umbrella 
that was closed, and I didn’t think I could knock out everybody.  No Rambo 
here,”  he said.

Quote #2:  “Flesh started the live interview by noting that he had run out of 
film and his phone had died so he was unable to photograph the scene.  Asked 
for his parting thoughts, he said, ‘I hope everybody is safe.  Everybody should 
learn a lesson.  What is the lesson?  Be prepared.  Have more film in your 
pocket.’”

I’ve included the link to the article below.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-central-camera-chicago-protests-20200531-edkmqfinz5eitfjbmutzssl6tu-story.html
 


Cheers, Christine

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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-02 Thread Mark C 
I'm sorry to hear. this. Central Camera is always a stop for me when I'm 
in Chicago, and several years ago I had an enjoyable and informative 
conversation with Mr. Flesh, who was working the film counter at the 
time. He certainly had an interesting perspective on the evolution of 
photography over the years. I hope it reopens, though so much of the 
store's charm lay in the old and odd items tucked away in the store's 
nooks and crannies, probably irreplaceable.


Mark

On 6/1/2020 2:01 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:

Hi Everyone!

I hope you and your families are well and safe during these very difficult 
times.

I thought I’d share a photography related story.  Many of you probably know of 
Central Camera store located downtown Chicago.  It’s a quirky but fun camera 
store, which has been in business for 121 years, founded 1899.  Don Flesh is 
the 3rd generation owner; his grand-father started the business; Flesh is aged 
72.

Sadly, Central Camera suffered looting and was burned out.  Flesh is confident 
he can get the store back up and running, which is good.  He is also not angry 
and stands “with the African American community in solidarity.”

On the one hand I share this story because, well, this is a photography list 
and this is a photography story  and I thought photographers on the list would 
be interested.

But on the other hand I thought I’d highlight two Flesh quotes that would have 
definitely made our PDML Quote List that Mark Roberts puts together every year 
had Flesh been a PDMLer.

Quote #1:  “I wanted to go in, but the looters, there were so many people 
walking by and I was a little bit shy and fearful and all I had was an umbrella 
that was closed, and I didn’t think I could knock out everybody.  No Rambo 
here,”  he said.

Quote #2:  “Flesh started the live interview by noting that he had run out of 
film and his phone had died so he was unable to photograph the scene.  Asked 
for his parting thoughts, he said, ‘I hope everybody is safe.  Everybody should 
learn a lesson.  What is the lesson?  Be prepared.  Have more film in your 
pocket.’”

I’ve included the link to the article below.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-central-camera-chicago-protests-20200531-edkmqfinz5eitfjbmutzssl6tu-story.html
 


Cheers, Christine




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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Paul Stenquist 
Yep. I want the 85, although I don’t really need it, but my photography 
purchases have never been about need!

Paul

> On Jun 1, 2020, at 5:58 PM, Bill  wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 1 Jun 2020, 1:44 pm Larry Colen,  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>> Considering how perilously close we are to some terribly hazardous topics
>> of discussion, this might be a good time to all agree that things really
>> suck and move on to something we can all agree on, like slamming Kenny boy
>> or something.
>> 
> 
> Well, the supposed reason we are here has released a new and spiffy lens,
> and just showed a mock up for a D FA 21mm Ltd lens.
> That should be worthy of some discussion.
> 
> bill
> 
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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread mike wilson 

> On 01 June 2020 at 19:01 Christine Aguila  wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Everyone!
> 
> I hope you and your families are well and safe during these very difficult 
> times.
> 
> I thought I’d share a photography related story.  Many of you probably know 
> of Central Camera store located downtown Chicago.  It’s a quirky but fun 
> camera store, which has been in business for 121 years, founded 1899.  Don 
> Flesh is the 3rd generation owner; his grand-father started the business; 
> Flesh is aged 72.
> 
> Sadly, Central Camera suffered looting and was burned out.  Flesh is 
> confident he can get the store back up and running, which is good.  He is 
> also not angry and stands “with the African American community in solidarity.”
> 
> On the one hand I share this story because, well, this is a photography list 
> and this is a photography story  and I thought photographers on the list 
> would be interested.
> 
> But on the other hand I thought I’d highlight two Flesh quotes that would 
> have definitely made our PDML Quote List that Mark Roberts puts together 
> every year had Flesh been a PDMLer.
> 
> Quote #1:  “I wanted to go in, but the looters, there were so many people 
> walking by and I was a little bit shy and fearful and all I had was an 
> umbrella that was closed, and I didn’t think I could knock out everybody.  No 
> Rambo here,”  he said.
> 
> Quote #2:  “Flesh started the live interview by noting that he had run out of 
> film and his phone had died so he was unable to photograph the scene.  Asked 
> for his parting thoughts, he said, ‘I hope everybody is safe.  Everybody 
> should learn a lesson.  What is the lesson?  Be prepared.  Have more film in 
> your pocket.’”
> 
> I’ve included the link to the article below.  
> https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-central-camera-chicago-protests-20200531-edkmqfinz5eitfjbmutzssl6tu-story.html
>  
> 
> 
> Cheers, Christine 

I've been quite surprised by the amount of support that the rioters seem to 
have.  I'm astonished that someone whose business has been destroyed is also in 
that cadre.  Race relations in the USA must be even worse than I envisaged.

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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Paul Stenquist 
I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. I too am angry — horrified 
in fact — over the killing of the black man at the hands of a lunatic cop. I 
hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 and spends the rest of his life in 
prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of anger at the looters and arsonists. 
Destroying other people's property and lives accomplishes nothing positive. It 
only paints the protesters as insincere and a danger to society. 

Paul

> On Jun 1, 2020, at 2:01 PM, Christine Aguila  wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone!
> 
> I hope you and your families are well and safe during these very difficult 
> times.
> 
> I thought I’d share a photography related story.  Many of you probably know 
> of Central Camera store located downtown Chicago.  It’s a quirky but fun 
> camera store, which has been in business for 121 years, founded 1899.  Don 
> Flesh is the 3rd generation owner; his grand-father started the business; 
> Flesh is aged 72.
> 
> Sadly, Central Camera suffered looting and was burned out.  Flesh is 
> confident he can get the store back up and running, which is good.  He is 
> also not angry and stands “with the African American community in solidarity.”
> 
> On the one hand I share this story because, well, this is a photography list 
> and this is a photography story  and I thought photographers on the list 
> would be interested.
> 
> But on the other hand I thought I’d highlight two Flesh quotes that would 
> have definitely made our PDML Quote List that Mark Roberts puts together 
> every year had Flesh been a PDMLer.
> 
> Quote #1:  “I wanted to go in, but the looters, there were so many people 
> walking by and I was a little bit shy and fearful and all I had was an 
> umbrella that was closed, and I didn’t think I could knock out everybody.  No 
> Rambo here,”  he said.
> 
> Quote #2:  “Flesh started the live interview by noting that he had run out of 
> film and his phone had died so he was unable to photograph the scene.  Asked 
> for his parting thoughts, he said, ‘I hope everybody is safe.  Everybody 
> should learn a lesson.  What is the lesson?  Be prepared.  Have more film in 
> your pocket.’”
> 
> I’ve included the link to the article below.  
> https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-central-camera-chicago-protests-20200531-edkmqfinz5eitfjbmutzssl6tu-story.html
>  
> 
> 
> Cheers, Christine 
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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Bill 
On Mon, 1 Jun 2020, 1:44 pm Larry Colen,  wrote:

>
>
> >
> Considering how perilously close we are to some terribly hazardous topics
> of discussion, this might be a good time to all agree that things really
> suck and move on to something we can all agree on, like slamming Kenny boy
> or something.
>

Well, the supposed reason we are here has released a new and spiffy lens,
and just showed a mock up for a D FA 21mm Ltd lens.
That should be worthy of some discussion.

bill

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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Bill 
On Mon, 1 Jun 2020, 1:36 pm mike wilson,  wrote:

>
> >
> I've been quite surprised by the amount of support that the rioters seem
> to have.  I'm astonished that someone whose business has been destroyed is
> also in that cadre.  Race relations in the USA must be even worse than I
> envisaged.
>

The protesters seem to have international support, and s lot of it. The
rioters and looters not do much.

bill

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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread John 
The looters have stolen from the protesters - obliterated their message - as 
much as they have stolen from the merchants.


You won't see that image of Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck after 
a couple of weeks, but videos of looters carrying big screen TVs out of Walmart 
are going to get continuous airplay until after the November election.


On 6/1/2020 14:01:03, Christine Aguila wrote:

Hi Everyone!

I hope you and your families are well and safe during these very difficult 
times.

I thought I’d share a photography related story.  Many of you probably know of 
Central Camera store located downtown Chicago.  It’s a quirky but fun camera 
store, which has been in business for 121 years, founded 1899.  Don Flesh is 
the 3rd generation owner; his grand-father started the business; Flesh is aged 
72.

Sadly, Central Camera suffered looting and was burned out.  Flesh is confident 
he can get the store back up and running, which is good.  He is also not angry 
and stands “with the African American community in solidarity.”

On the one hand I share this story because, well, this is a photography list 
and this is a photography story  and I thought photographers on the list would 
be interested.

But on the other hand I thought I’d highlight two Flesh quotes that would have 
definitely made our PDML Quote List that Mark Roberts puts together every year 
had Flesh been a PDMLer.

Quote #1:  “I wanted to go in, but the looters, there were so many people 
walking by and I was a little bit shy and fearful and all I had was an umbrella 
that was closed, and I didn’t think I could knock out everybody.  No Rambo 
here,”  he said.

Quote #2:  “Flesh started the live interview by noting that he had run out of 
film and his phone had died so he was unable to photograph the scene.  Asked 
for his parting thoughts, he said, ‘I hope everybody is safe.  Everybody should 
learn a lesson.  What is the lesson?  Be prepared.  Have more film in your 
pocket.’”

I’ve included the link to the article below.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-central-camera-chicago-protests-20200531-edkmqfinz5eitfjbmutzssl6tu-story.html
 


Cheers, Christine




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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread John 

On 6/1/2020 15:35:43, mike wilson wrote:





I've been quite surprised by the amount of support that the rioters seem to 
have.  I'm astonished that someone whose business has been destroyed is also in 
that cadre.  Race relations in the USA must be even worse than I envisaged.



The protesters have support.

The rioters & looters are hiding behind those protesters, stealing from them 
just as much as they're stealing from merchants.


The rioters DON'T have that support, but I doubt most people will understand the 
difference.


Race relations in the U.S. are ALWAYS worse than you imagine.

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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Paul Stenquist 


> On Jun 1, 2020, at 3:43 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jun 1, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 1, 2020, at 3:28 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On Jun 1, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Paul Stenquist  
 wrote:
 
 Thanks Christine. I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. 
 Lots of good memories there.
 
 I too am angry — horrified in fact — over the killing of the black man at 
 the hands of a lunatic cop. I hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 
 and spends the rest of his life in prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of 
 anger at the looters and arsonists. Destroying other people's property and 
 lives accomplishes nothing positive. It only paints the protesters as 
 insincere and a danger to society. 
>>> 
>>> What’s worse is there seems to be a lot of evidence that a lot of the 
>>> destruction is caused not by people protesting the murder of George Floyd 
>>> but by people whose goal is to sow discord and make things worse.  
>>> --
>>> Larry Colen
>>> l...@red4est.com
>> 
>> Of course. And that’s almost always the case. With chaos come flat screen 
>> TVs and Ait Jordan’s. And the anarchists love it as well.
> 
> 
> Particularly when times are as tough as they are right now.
> 
> Considering how perilously close we are to some terribly hazardous topics of 
> discussion, this might be a good time to all agree that things really suck 
> and move on to something we can all agree on, like slamming Kenny boy or 
> something.
> 
Yep. Didn’t someone say they saw Kenny boy coming out of Central with a new 
Nikon?
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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Larry Colen 


> On Jun 1, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Paul
> 
>> On Jun 1, 2020, at 3:28 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 1, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks Christine. I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. Lots 
>>> of good memories there.
>>> 
>>> I too am angry — horrified in fact — over the killing of the black man at 
>>> the hands of a lunatic cop. I hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 
>>> and spends the rest of his life in prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of 
>>> anger at the looters and arsonists. Destroying other people's property and 
>>> lives accomplishes nothing positive. It only paints the protesters as 
>>> insincere and a danger to society. 
>> 
>> What’s worse is there seems to be a lot of evidence that a lot of the 
>> destruction is caused not by people protesting the murder of George Floyd 
>> but by people whose goal is to sow discord and make things worse.  
>> --
>> Larry Colen
>> l...@red4est.com
> 
> Of course. And that’s almost always the case. With chaos come flat screen TVs 
> and Ait Jordan’s. And the anarchists love it as well.


Particularly when times are as tough as they are right now.

Considering how perilously close we are to some terribly hazardous topics of 
discussion, this might be a good time to all agree that things really suck and 
move on to something we can all agree on, like slamming Kenny boy or something.


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l...@red4est.com




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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Paul Stenquist 


Paul

> On Jun 1, 2020, at 3:28 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jun 1, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Christine. I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. Lots 
>> of good memories there.
>> 
>> I too am angry — horrified in fact — over the killing of the black man at 
>> the hands of a lunatic cop. I hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 and 
>> spends the rest of his life in prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of anger 
>> at the looters and arsonists. Destroying other people's property and lives 
>> accomplishes nothing positive. It only paints the protesters as insincere 
>> and a danger to society. 
> 
> What’s worse is there seems to be a lot of evidence that a lot of the 
> destruction is caused not by people protesting the murder of George Floyd but 
> by people whose goal is to sow discord and make things worse.  
> --
> Larry Colen
> l...@red4est.com

Of course. And that’s almost always the case. With chaos come flat screen TVs 
and Ait Jordan’s. And the anarchists love it as well.
> 
> 
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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Larry Colen 


> On Jun 1, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> 
> Thanks Christine. I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. Lots 
> of good memories there.
> 
> I too am angry — horrified in fact — over the killing of the black man at the 
> hands of a lunatic cop. I hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 and 
> spends the rest of his life in prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of anger 
> at the looters and arsonists. Destroying other people's property and lives 
> accomplishes nothing positive. It only paints the protesters as insincere and 
> a danger to society. 

What’s worse is there seems to be a lot of evidence that a lot of the 
destruction is caused not by people protesting the murder of George Floyd but 
by people whose goal is to sow discord and make things worse.  


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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Paul Stenquist 
Thanks Christine. I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. Lots of 
good memories there.

I too am angry — horrified in fact — over the killing of the black man at the 
hands of a lunatic cop. I hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 and spends 
the rest of his life in prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of anger at the 
looters and arsonists. Destroying other people's property and lives 
accomplishes nothing positive. It only paints the protesters as insincere and a 
danger to society. 

Paul

> On Jun 1, 2020, at 2:01 PM, Christine Aguila  wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone!
> 
> I hope you and your families are well and safe during these very difficult 
> times.
> 
> I thought I’d share a photography related story.  Many of you probably know 
> of Central Camera store located downtown Chicago.  It’s a quirky but fun 
> camera store, which has been in business for 121 years, founded 1899.  Don 
> Flesh is the 3rd generation owner; his grand-father started the business; 
> Flesh is aged 72.
> 
> Sadly, Central Camera suffered looting and was burned out.  Flesh is 
> confident he can get the store back up and running, which is good.  He is 
> also not angry and stands “with the African American community in solidarity.”
> 
> On the one hand I share this story because, well, this is a photography list 
> and this is a photography story  and I thought photographers on the list 
> would be interested.
> 
> But on the other hand I thought I’d highlight two Flesh quotes that would 
> have definitely made our PDML Quote List that Mark Roberts puts together 
> every year had Flesh been a PDMLer.
> 
> Quote #1:  “I wanted to go in, but the looters, there were so many people 
> walking by and I was a little bit shy and fearful and all I had was an 
> umbrella that was closed, and I didn’t think I could knock out everybody.  No 
> Rambo here,”  he said.
> 
> Quote #2:  “Flesh started the live interview by noting that he had run out of 
> film and his phone had died so he was unable to photograph the scene.  Asked 
> for his parting thoughts, he said, ‘I hope everybody is safe.  Everybody 
> should learn a lesson.  What is the lesson?  Be prepared.  Have more film in 
> your pocket.’”
> 
> I’ve included the link to the article below.  
> https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-central-camera-chicago-protests-20200531-edkmqfinz5eitfjbmutzssl6tu-story.html
>  
> 
> 
> Cheers, Christine 
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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Paul Stenquist 
November? There will always be bad cops, although they’re  a minority. Trump is 
a jackass, but he didn’t recruit them. And there will always be those who loot 
and destroy in the wake of a tragedy. They did it on Obama’s watch and they’ll 
do it again if Biden makes it to the White House. It’s the sad truth.

Paul

> On Jun 1, 2020, at 2:37 PM, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
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> Am 01.06.20 um 20:01 schrieb Christine Aguila:
> 
>> Sadly, Central Camera suffered looting and was burned out.
> 
> Sorry to read this. Mr. Flesh seems to be quite a character. We should
> have more of those.
> 
> Let's all hope this madness will be over for good in November.
> 
> Ralf
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Re: Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Ralf R Radermacher 

Am 01.06.20 um 20:01 schrieb Christine Aguila:


Sadly, Central Camera suffered looting and was burned out.


Sorry to read this. Mr. Flesh seems to be quite a character. We should
have more of those.

Let's all hope this madness will be over for good in November.

Ralf

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Central Camera in Chicago and PDMLs Year End Quote List

2020-06-01 Thread Christine Aguila 
Hi Everyone!

I hope you and your families are well and safe during these very difficult 
times.

I thought I’d share a photography related story.  Many of you probably know of 
Central Camera store located downtown Chicago.  It’s a quirky but fun camera 
store, which has been in business for 121 years, founded 1899.  Don Flesh is 
the 3rd generation owner; his grand-father started the business; Flesh is aged 
72.

Sadly, Central Camera suffered looting and was burned out.  Flesh is confident 
he can get the store back up and running, which is good.  He is also not angry 
and stands “with the African American community in solidarity.”

On the one hand I share this story because, well, this is a photography list 
and this is a photography story  and I thought photographers on the list would 
be interested.

But on the other hand I thought I’d highlight two Flesh quotes that would have 
definitely made our PDML Quote List that Mark Roberts puts together every year 
had Flesh been a PDMLer.

Quote #1:  “I wanted to go in, but the looters, there were so many people 
walking by and I was a little bit shy and fearful and all I had was an umbrella 
that was closed, and I didn’t think I could knock out everybody.  No Rambo 
here,”  he said.

Quote #2:  “Flesh started the live interview by noting that he had run out of 
film and his phone had died so he was unable to photograph the scene.  Asked 
for his parting thoughts, he said, ‘I hope everybody is safe.  Everybody should 
learn a lesson.  What is the lesson?  Be prepared.  Have more film in your 
pocket.’”

I’ve included the link to the article below.  
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-central-camera-chicago-protests-20200531-edkmqfinz5eitfjbmutzssl6tu-story.html
 


Cheers, Christine 

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