Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gerry, Yes, it's on DVD. The title is The Impassioned Eye. It's a bit of a strange film. A good half of it is HCB sitting with a stack of his prints, shuffling through them, and then holding one up for the camera and grinning. Fine stuff. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" <gwpics@googlemail.com> To: "QT topic 27-QthSWSuwEGUX" <qtopic+27-QthSWSuwEGUX@quicktopic.com>; "LUG" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 10:55 AM Subject: [Leica] HCB on TV > I have just been watching a prrogramme about Henri Cartier Bresson on > the Artsworld Channel, and if anyone has any doubt about his influence > on this particular genre of photography they should watch this > programme. The programme was called 'The Impressioned Eye'. > > Favourite quotes from the programme: > > "A photo is like the stab of a knife, painting is meditation"; > > "When you hit the target there is not need to crop the picture"; and > from Elliott Erwitt: > > "Pictures .... come and bite you." > > I am now looking for the programme on DVD if anyone has any information. > > Gerry > -- > Gerry Walden LBPPA > Web: www.gwpics.com > Web2:www.gwpics.thephotohq.co.uk > Tel: +44 (0)23 8046 3076 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >