Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This reminds me of one of my favorite pictures of a president - Richard Nixon Jumping. Nixon was elated about something or other and jumped in the air, arms outstreched. The picture shows him near the top of his jump. A rare display of happiness from a fairly unhappy, brooding president. Not only was it a decisive moment, but I think it was a pretty good picture, too. I'd guess that one's chance of getting a picture like that would be a lot better with a Leica M than just about anything else. Yes, it is postcard meterial, but interesting nontheless. Does anyone know who took it, or what made Nixon so happy? - -Mark >It was definitely Jaques Lowe. > >Didn't Lowe take Kennedy's two favorite photographs; the one of Kennedy >reading newspapers while standing in front of a window with his back to the >camera, and the one of Kennedy and his wife on the tar-mac of a small >airport on a foggy day early in his campaign for the nomination. > > Buzz