Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh what a terrible disappointment! If this was a staged shot, as you say, then it certainly loses it's impact. You are right, I can't imagine Nixon jumping. The suggestion that he could is what made the picture so interesting. -Mark >I think the photo you're talking about is probably one taken by Phillipe >Hallsman (sp?)...He did a series of portraits of famous people in which he >had them jump up....An artfully contrived, absurdist "decisive moment" - >particularly with Nixon, whom one could never imagine jumping...