Re: Weird film in HCB photo

[Carl Socolow <csocolow@microserve.net>]

Garbutt, Robert wrote:
> 
> George,
> 
> Thanks for your (and others) discussion on this topic.
> 
> Re:
>  >     It is also well known that he had to poke his camera lens
> through
> an
>  >  opening when he took this photo.  He was incredibly lucky (and
> good)
> to get
>  >  the shot.
> 
> Is this information in a biography or part of HCB folklore?
> 
> I have a copy of "The Artless Art" - any other good overviews of HCB's
> work/technique people can recommend?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rob.

Rob, I had the Gare St. Lazare story confirmed to me by HCB's American
rep. She explained that that is why it is one of his few photos that is
not printed with a black border indicating full neg.

As for other books, the Museum of Modern Art put out a book a few years
ago that's still available called Cartier-Bresson: The Early Years. Lots
of text as well as photos. Helps put him in a historical context. Also
has several outtakes from well-known images so you have an idea of how
he was working a subject and most likely what attracted him to it in the
first place.

Carl