FORMER OWNER REUNITED WITH M2 AFTER 30 YEARS
A PHOTOGRAPHER As told how he was reunited with his first Leica, an M2, after three decades. Paul Salmon bought the second-hand Leica M2 in 1982 after finishing a documentary photography course in Newport, South Wales, run by Magnum photographer David Hurn.
Paul used it on newspaper and magazine photographic assignments worldwide - until 1984 when he sold it to a shop in Leeds as part of a plan to upgrade his camera equipment. Fortunately, Paul had decided to have his name engraved on the camera body beforehand.
'I never saw my old M2 again...until now,' Salmon told AP. On Boxing Day 2013, I received an email from the new owner of my first-ever Leica. 'It transpired that he had bought the camera from a Spanish University lecturer living in Madrid, although (the new owner) is based in Paris.
'Intrigued by the engraving on the back, he had decided to try an online search for "P Salmon" - and found my website. 'The "reunion" was certainly a joyful one.'
From an article in the News Section of the 15th February 2014 issue of Amateur Photographer magazine.
A PHOTOGRAPHER As told how he was reunited with his first Leica, an M2, after three decades. Paul Salmon bought the second-hand Leica M2 in 1982 after finishing a documentary photography course in Newport, South Wales, run by Magnum photographer David Hurn.
Paul used it on newspaper and magazine photographic assignments worldwide - until 1984 when he sold it to a shop in Leeds as part of a plan to upgrade his camera equipment. Fortunately, Paul had decided to have his name engraved on the camera body beforehand.
'I never saw my old M2 again...until now,' Salmon told AP. On Boxing Day 2013, I received an email from the new owner of my first-ever Leica. 'It transpired that he had bought the camera from a Spanish University lecturer living in Madrid, although (the new owner) is based in Paris.
'Intrigued by the engraving on the back, he had decided to try an online search for "P Salmon" - and found my website. 'The "reunion" was certainly a joyful one.'
From an article in the News Section of the 15th February 2014 issue of Amateur Photographer magazine.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment