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Touch=E9, Cartier-Bresson!There is a new book in hardcover due this =
Sept. '99 (amazon.com has my pre-order) named "The Mind's Eye : Writings =
on Photography and Photographers" by HCB. The description is at =
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0893818755/o/qid=3D938105810/sr=3D=
8-1/002-9925203-4651043 .
Andy
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Buzz Hausner=20
To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'=20
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 8:29 AM
Subject: [Leica] Touch=E9, Cartier-Bresson!
He has written and been quoted widely. He is as guilty of =
self-contradiction as any of us. This I appreciate.=20
Let he or she who has written consistently cast the first tome.=20
Buzz Hausner=20
-----Original Message-----=20
From: Art Sala [mailto:artsala@earthlink.net]=20
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 11:04 AM=20
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us=20
Subject: [Leica] Re: [Leica] Touch=E9!=20
I find that whenever HCB is quoted or asked a question, the answer is=20
seldom complete or elaborate. Has HCB written a book or essay where =
he=20
might be force to complete a thought?=20
Cheers,=20
Arturo=20
------------------------------=20
Mark wrote:=20
As I recall from the last time around on this the Surrealists did have =
a=20
spin on=20
the idiom as used by HCB. And he new that outsiders would not be in =
touch=20
with=20
ins and outs of the whole French surrealists routine. I think he =
thought is=20
was=20
funny to be a bit opaque. He's got us all scrambling!=20
Mark Rabiner=20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>There is a new book in hardcover due this Sept. '99=20
(amazon.com has my pre-order) named "The Mind's Eye : Writings on =
Photography=20
and Photographers"</FONT><FONT size=3D2> by HCB. The description =
is at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0893818755/o/qid=3D9381058=
10/sr=3D8-1/002-9925203-4651043">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0=
893818755/o/qid=3D938105810/sr=3D8-1/002-9925203-4651043</A> .</FONT=
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Andy<BR></DIV></FONT>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A href=3D"mailto:Buzz@marianmanor.org" =
title=3DBuzz@marianmanor.org>Buzz=20
Hausner</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'"=20
=
title=3Dleica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca=
.us'</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 23, =
1999 8:29=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Leica] Touch=E9,=20
Cartier-Bresson!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<P><FONT size=3D2>He has written and been quoted widely. He is =
as guilty=20
of self-contradiction as any of us. This I appreciate.</FONT> =
</P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Let he or she who has written consistently cast the =
first=20
tome.</FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT size=3D2>Buzz =
Hausner</FONT>=20
</P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT =
size=3D2>From: Art=20
Sala [<A href=3D"mailto:artsala@earthlink.net"=20
target=3D_blank>mailto:artsala@earthlink.net</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT =
size=3D2>Sent:=20
Thursday, September 23, 1999 11:04 AM</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>To: <A =
=
href=3D"mailto:leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us">leica-users@mejac.palo-=
alto.ca.us</A></FONT>=20
<BR><FONT size=3D2>Subject: [Leica] Re: [Leica] Touch=E9!</FONT> =
</P><BR>
<P><FONT size=3D2>I find that whenever HCB is quoted or asked a =
question, the=20
answer is</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>seldom complete or =
elaborate. Has HCB=20
written a book or essay where he</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>might be =
force to=20
complete a thought?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Cheers,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>Arturo</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>------------------------------</FONT> <BR><FONT =
size=3D2>Mark=20
wrote:</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>As I recall from the last time around on this the =
Surrealists=20
did have a</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>spin on</FONT> <BR><FONT =
size=3D2>the idiom=20
as used by HCB. And he new that outsiders would not be in touch</FONT> =
<BR><FONT size=3D2>with</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>ins and outs of the =
whole French=20
surrealists routine. I think he thought is</FONT> <BR><FONT =
size=3D2>was</FONT>=20
<BR><FONT size=3D2>funny to be a bit opaque. He's got us all =
scrambling!</FONT>=20
<BR><FONT size=3D2>Mark Rabiner</FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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