Jerome Belthrop attends G Summit in Berlin.

Well, this is absolutely marvellous.

Jerome Belthrop, who for many years was one of the backboners of The Contax G Pages, not only has considered attending  the G Summut, but has already decided to turn up in Berlin next summer. 

Jerome has been inspired “… to crawl out from beneath my rock and polish off my monocular and G2″.

Go see his profile and his images on The Contax G Pages”.

Welcome to you, Jerome .

From Participant Presentation: Harry W. Mueller

Harry W. Mueller Says:
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:15 pm e

Hello my name is Harry W. Mueller, born in Sachendorf, East Germany and came to the United States with my parents in 1956. Lived and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Went to college at M.I.T for Associate Degree in Printing & Publishing, then to Rochester Institute of Technology for Graphic Arts & Photography. Spend most of my last 30 plus years in book production and design, from letterpress to digital. Managed the Stinehour Press, in Vermont and now an Assistant Professor at Lyndon State College, in Lyndonville, Vermont.
I teach graphic design, typography, color, digital photography, photoshop and other related graphic design courses. I own a G2 with 2 lenses. Had a Leica camera but lost it. Went for the G2 due to costs and quality. I favor the G2 for its automation and rangefinder.
It is a great image maker. Looking forward in meeting all of this vibrant group and enjoying a beer together. My love and passion is photography and books. Worked on major books for many photographers within my 30 plus year careers. Enjoying my time with my 7 year old and two older children grown and off doing their own thing.

Best Regards and hoping for a successful summit.
Harry

From Participant Presentation: Knut Skjærven

Knut Skjærven Says:
June 21st, 2007 at 10:00 pm e

Hi, I am Knut.

Born in Bergen, Norway, but moved to Copenhagen, Denmark to complete my education. And got stuck.

I have had an interest in photography as long as I can remember, and bought my first G in 1998. Before that, I had Nikon gear. I have been a user on The Contax G Pages from the very start.

I have worked with different aspects of communication all of my professional life. Among other things, I have done content analysis of images for marketing and historical purposes. I have written two books related to the area (planning a third one) , and many, many articles for journals and newspapers. Unfortunately all of them in Danish, or in Norwegian. You’ll find some of them in the blogroll under “G User Ressources”. Pretty old stuff, but still very valid .
When the chance is given, I still do free-lance stuff for newspapers. Both as a writer and as photographer. I really enjoy that.

Yes, (I knew you would ask) I have initiated many conferences and summits in the past, but never one lasting 4 days (more like 4 hours) :-). However, with much larger groups of participants (and lots of people to do all the “hard” work) .

I live in Copenhagen, Denmark. I have 4 kids. All, of them (well almost) grown up. I live with Kirsten.

I work for a larger (used to be Danish) telecommunication company doing business development, strategies and sales.

Best wishes
Knut

From Participant Presentation: Jan Brouckaert

Jan Brouckaert Says:
June 17th, 2007 at 11:20 am Hi, I am Jan Brouckaert (35), a semi-professional photographer now who enjoys working with the contax G2 camera for many years.
Started to take photography serious since 2000, The contaxG among others have helped me to make some very fine images and a bit of … succes :
2003 Bronze Medal Award Knokke, 2005 Nikon Award Belgium, 2007 Silver Award Int. Competition Of Knokke….
In 2008 I will have my first big expo in 17 dfferent cities in Belgium.

My main themes are seasides, and night photography, in which emotions as loneliness and beauty are captured.

Most of my images are shot in Belgium and its neighboring countries.