Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W and forever the iconoclast
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:43:50 -0800

Mark Newport wrote:
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> 
> There was an old Peterson series book entittled "Photojournalism" that
> featured her and Mary Ellen Mark. It showed much of A.L.'s early work for
> Rolling Stone done with Nikons. The book is kinda neat in that the back
> section has explainations of some of the photos. Both photographers tell
> how certain shots were done (film, lens, f/stop, filters etc.) and what
> they were trying to accomplish with the shot. The section goes on to
> explain the advantages/disadvantages in the camera systems they used i.e.
> Nikons and Leicas.  As a teenager, I thought these little books were cool
> and I still enjoy looking through them some 25+ years later. Mark R, does
> this sound like the book you saw?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
> --------
> R. Mark Newport
> Publications and Special Projects
> University of Texas - Permian Basin

Yes it was, they had Pete Turner as one of the people in the series, Art
Kane another I think. Bruce Davidson was another Photojournalist
Mark Rabiner