Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> First off, Tim, I don't believe that HCB called it the ultimate decisive > moment. Ahh - I never said he did (though didn't he say he never set anything up...?) - it's always third parties who refer to it in this way. > Second off, it was never called any form of journalism - it's > simply a photo, so there's no question about how it was taken. not an issue - never raised that one Third, > HCB was an artist whose Leica was his brush - he painted a picture using > light and shadow, form and contrast, that features a man jumping over a > puddle. Take it or leave it. AND, in terms of decisive moment - the > decisive moment was that when he saw the puddle, saw that people would > try to cross it, and a little light blub when on in his head..... Absolutely - that has always been my take on it tim