Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>There's a terrific book entitled "In Our Time, The World as seen by Magnum >Photographers", by William Manchester. It may no longer be in print (I >picked mine up in a second hand book store for $29.95). I'm not sure if the >word "Leica" appears anywhere in the book, but I suspect that the majority >of the pictures appearing in it were taken with leicas. I'm just flipping >through it now, there are a few "class pictures" taken of the Magnum staff. >Several have Leicas hanging from their necks. > >There is one photo showing Robert Capa taliking with George Rogers in >Naples, 1943. Their cameras (Capa's Contax and Roger's Leica and Rollieflex >?) are all in everready leather cases! Times have changed for the >Photojournalist on the go! > >Dan C. > > The book is still available and Amazon Books is selling them for $35.95 new. They are on the net at www.amazon.com Dan Khong