Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/11/99 1:45:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tedgrant@islandnet.com writes: << But I'm sure they could have found a more meaningful image than, "who was that bearded man?" ted >> I'll wager 1/2 of American people will think it's Charles Manson and the other 1/2 Jim Morrison. If Leica wanted a BW photograph with media-icon status they could've used Eisenstaedt's sailor-kissing-nurse, or the Vietnam-era Pulitzer shot of the prisoner being shot in the head (not sure if that was taken with a Leica or not).