[Leica] RE: [Leica] Re: [Leica] Touché!

["Jean-Claude Berger" <jcberger@jcberger.com>]

Hi Arturo,

I just looked at HCB's bibliography and did not see anything outside its photo
books. Maybe somebody will correct me.

In English (I guess), there is an audiovisual conference titled "HCB, the
decisive moment" published (?) by Scholastic Magazines, NYC.

If you read French, you can find a book from a collection called "Les cahiers de
la photographie" (photography notebooks) including a reprint from "L'instant
décisif" (the decisive moment) that was the introduction text to "Images à la
sauvette" (The decisive moment in English), an interview of HCB by Gilles Mora,
an interview of Pierre de Fenoyl, the archivist of HCB from 1965 (and one of the
finest landscape photographer ever BTW), an essay by Ernst Haas about HCB and
several other papers.

There was some days ago a film about Magnum on the French/German TV channel. It
was mainly about the crossroad that Magnum is facing and some directions that
should be taken if they don't want to disappear. At the last minute, the film
showed HCB at home, probably. He took a paper and a pen, wrote something and
after a bunch of seconds showed what he has written. Something like "Another
time, maybe". And he hidden behind the sheet of paper.


All the best,

- --
Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com)
Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE)
Lyon, France
http://www.jcberger.com


> I find that whenever HCB is quoted or asked a question, the answer is
> seldom complete or elaborate.  Has HCB written a book or essay where he
> might be force to complete a thought?
>
> Cheers,
> Arturo
>
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> Mark wrote:
>
> As I recall from the last time around on this the Surrealists did have a
> spin on
> the idiom as used by HCB. And he new that outsiders would not be in touch
> with
> ins and outs of the whole French surrealists routine. I think he thought is
> was
> funny to be a bit opaque. He's got us all scrambling!
> Mark Rabiner
>
>