Re: L.L. Bean!

[Rehotshots@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 12/30/99 1:14:15 AM Central Standard Time, 
simonwide@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< if anyone on the list understands these questions please help me. the hs
 simon/wide had worked the james bond film "thunderball" in nassau so this 
was my
 second (of twenty) movies i'd worked. it was bought to take transport acft
 photos  derby time in 1964. i had no movie work, hadn't considered it. i was 
in
 egypt because i had a specialty. look at posts of last week or so. mention 
date
 for 1966 life with double truck "khartoum" picture. this is from high speed
 simon/wide. if you are in states most libraries keep file of this magazine. 
look
 in any scott stamp catalogue, say 1990 forward. and in united nations 
section you
 can see u.n. postage stamp done withn fuji g617. it was information i 
received
 from list member. i'd never seen  this ref. if you are in new york city you 
can
 buy stamp (45c) at u.n. visitors' post office.it was issued in 1989 and 
supplies
 are running low.i was on the film job because united artists hired me.you 
have
 asked unspecific questions from bits of information different camera 
details. if
 you asking about first photographs which camera you asking about?old fawcett
 "camera in paris" paperbacks have three pan shots on cover, some inside
 b&w.specifically, my camera provided 6x12 color transparencies quite a bit 
larger
 than 35mm ones. in the case of 1964 simon/wide built in japan i used it the 
very
 next day in osan, korea, 1964.they could order and use the same camera i was
 using or they could have different specs on their hulcher built sequence 
camera.
 it   was a modified 102. next 49 went to us navy..then life magazine ordered 
#51,
 as i recall.   simon nathan  i was not the rookie.
  >>


Simon!  Thank you.  I will find it.  I am fascinated that you even bother 
with 
us at all.  I am sure that your place in history is secure, whether you wish
that or not.  Buckminster Fuller pictured  himself a guinea pig and that in 
no way affected his place in history.  It simply added a dimension to his 
story.  His work is what was important.  That is what lives on.  You have 
laid the very foundation for the work of amazing people like Amanda Chase and 
Mitchell Warner and Clayton Bennett and others that I have yet to discover.  
Evidently, if it had not been for your work, they would not have been able 
to accomplish their own.  And I do not intend to patronize you.  I am simply 
coming to understand the magnitude of your role in this panoramic
saga.  What I wish to discover is the creative process itself, sir.  If I 
have not been  too much cause of emotional drain, would you share some things 
with me 
or point me to a book, or something, anything.  It is my desire to give this 
to others.  I am not looking for technical information, but spiritual.  

                                                        Respectfully,

                                                         teri, 
                                                          rambling muse