Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/13

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Subject: Jordi on Salgado
From: ted grant <75501.3002@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 19:04:10 -0500

Kari wrote:

<<<And I know from experience that there is no way of catching images like
some of those in UG with that quick approach i.e. crashing in with an
assitant and a pile of gear. No, you have to blend in. Go humbly in a bus
and be patient and win the trust of the people first. It sounds romantic
but it is actually slow and sweaty and not glamorous at all.>>>

Hi Kari,

How true!!!!!!! When you are there, "but not there" and you become
invisible with the people you are trying photograph, that's when the truly
moving images are taken.

But an assitant automatically gives you away and you are visible as though
you had a red neon flasher on top of your head. Better the assistant drops
you off a mile down the road and you quietly come along alone.

ted