Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/22

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Subject: [Leica] Capa
From: gwpics at googlemail.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Wed Mar 22 06:55:45 2006
References: <20ea4f67849ad715afa9060e60216380@paulhardycarter.com> <20060322145008.65128.qmail@web25502.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

By chance I recently stumbled on the copy of 'Life' that had the
report of the Death of Robert Capa in a multipage article. If anyone
is interested I am open to offers!

Gerry

On 22/03/06, Nick Roberts <nickbroberts@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Clearly, he got closer.
>
> Nick
>
> --- PHC <paul@paulhardycarter.com> wrote:
>
> > Since we're talking of Capa, I've been astonished
> > recently to see how
> > his work improved over the course of his career. If
> > you look, for
> > instance, at the pictures he took of Hemingway in
> > Valencia during the
> > Civil War and compare them to the portraits of
> > Picasso with his young
> > son he took much later, the difference is
> > incredible.
> >
> > I often get the impression that a photographer's eye
> > is fully developed
> > within a few years, and that most produce their best
> > work early on.
> > Certainly not the case with el Roberto.
> >
> > P.
> >
> > *******
> > Paul Hardy Carter
> > www.paulhardycarter.com
> > www.digitalrailroad.net/phc
> > +44 (0)20 7871 7553
> > *******
> >
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