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["Deena Weintraub" <bertie@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought that, after lurking here for a bit and admiring everybody's
knowledge and work, I would attempt to introduce myself.

I've taken pictures for a hundred years.  I was VERY happy out
there, selling an occasional pic to the local papers and going
out on assignment for a local ad agency and some small magazines
(and I do mean small) - then lost my vision in my dominant eye
because of a hemorrhage.  I tried taking pictures with my left
eye, but it wasn't the same. The hemorrhage would heal, they
said, and it did.  It took a year.

While I was waiting out the eye problem, I was diagnosed with
a cancer, and spent 5 months in treatment.  All told, about a
year and a half on the shelf.  Nobody will hire me right now
- can't blame them, I've been unreliable - which oddly enough
LIBERATES me to do my own stuff - y'all know, the stuff that
we push to the back of our minds so frequently.  So, off we went
to Santa Fe to take pictures of ghost towns.  Wonderful!

By the way, as soon as I was released from Sloan-Kettering, I
bought a new camera - my first autofocus (Nikon F100). It's a
kick of a camera. I'm not giving up my old F3s, because they're
such incredible workhorses. Soon, I'll drag out my medium format
stuff, but I'm having too much fun with this little sucker. 
I've started to experiment with new (for me) film - Agfa Scala,
Ilford Delta, and two IR films.  My work is changing - becoming
more abstract.  I've showed some stuff to some people and they've
been kind about it.

So, it's a new life I'm working on.  I'm going to be asking this
group some fairly stupid questions, so please bear with me. 
I won't whine too much.

Thanks!

deena weintraub, in ny
bertie@xxxxxxxxxxx
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