Re: Re[2]: [Leica] Kennedy Photographer

["Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>]

There is a famous shot - the one I think you're referring to, taken from
behind, of JFK sitting in his chair in the oval office. The top of his head
is visible, as is a small plaque on the back of the chair which reads: The
President, Jan 20, 1961. It was taken by Cornell Capa.

Bryan
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From: pchefurka@plaintree.com <pchefurka@plaintree.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Friday, November 06, 1998 12:30 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] Kennedy Photographer


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>     Who shot the one of Kennedy in his chair inthe Oval Office -
>     the shot from the back with just his hair showing?
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>Paul
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>It was definitely Jaques Lowe.
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>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.
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> Buzz
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