PHOTOGRAPHY IS PROFOUND / leica 3-f special in 1955

+JUNE OF 1955+

>was a wonderful month in my young life,<

>marian & i were married & drove to our<

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+>>MARIAN OLSEN RAY)+

>honeymoon destination in taxco mexico<

>(blue 1949 plymouth, white wall tires)<

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+TEOTIHUACAN+

>the great aztec city ruin became a vital<

>locus of our initial love for mexico &<

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+>>>>TAXCO, MEXICO)+

>santa prisca church in taxco along w/<

>romantic taxco at night was our 2nd<

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 +LEICA 3-F, 35 MM+
>(ernst leitz, weitzler)<
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>camera w/ a standard 35mm lens plus a<
>50 mm telephoto lens became our new<
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+ / LEICA 3-F CAMERA)+
>photo eqpt of choice in mexico & was<
>until i acquired a leica 3-m much later<
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>that leica was a huge investment from our<
>humble 1955 budget but it paid for itself<
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+COLOR SLIDE LECTURES)+
>many times over for the slide lectures i<
>gave using photos from that early leica<
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 >as we speak, each night i select 13 photos<
>from my i-mac photo file to construct our<
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>eugenerayarchitect blog & many of those<
>taken w/ my leicas or the apple i-phone<
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 >at sdsu i designed a class "environmental media"<
>that was based on photography & explored the<
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+ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA)+
>potentials of constructing environments by a<
>process of polymerization of light in space<
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 >at sdsu i constructed many exhibitions in which<
>photography played a major role, including the<
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+ / DESIGN EXHIBITIONS)+
>projection of color slides automatically onto<
>large screens (plus color xerography prints)<
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 >please see my >Facebook page for reference<
>data expanding on cosmic consciousness w/<
+(SEE RICHARD HOAGLAND+
+& DAVID WILCOCK VIDEO)+
>Youtube video especially valuable…google<
>"eugene ray architect", for expanded data<
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 >as time moves on w/ >major developments in<
>space exploration via/ telescopic photography<
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+>> / UFO-ET PRESENCE)+
>the camera is extremely valuable in recording<
>UFO & ET présence & youtube is essential<
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>my vital design for "desert incidents" advanced<
>ufo technology museum,  it occurs to me could<
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>be constructed in space / >becoming a major<
>space orientation station for space travelers<
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 >plantation ruins in >france & louisiana have<
>been especially valuable for my leica photos<
+(RUINS ARE >PRECIOUS< &+
+SUGGEST NEW GROWTH<)+
>/ metaphysical collage graphics are profound<
>(google : john messina & derek ray photos)<
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 >as you know pilgrimages to our french roots<
>has been extremely valuable to my life as an<
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>artist and architect / >not the least exploring<
>cavaroc bordeaux vinyard plantation ruins<
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 >as time goes on & extraterrestrial technology<
>is spread via back engineering my vision for<
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+> POLYMERIZED LIGHT)+
>constructing structures in space via the use<
>of polymerization of light in space "lives"
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+GRATITUDE TO MARIAN WHO+

+WONDERED AT THE EXPENSE+

>(for marian, all of that work<

>of louisiana goes to thnoc<

>/she a new orleans native)<

+OF THAT FIRST 1955 3-F LEICA+

+IT IS THIS BLOGS ESSENTIAL+

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 eugene ray mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu