Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/30

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Subject: [Leica] War photographer
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri Jun 30 07:11:33 2006
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This was on either IFC or Sundance earlier this week and was very good.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies

On Jun 30, 2006, at 10:09 AM, bill harting wrote:

> See this movie. Went to the Boston MFA yesterday to see the James  
> Nachtwey movie "War Photographer". He couldn't be at the screening  
> because he is in Iraq. It begins with the quote "If you pictures  
> aren't good enough you're not close enough," a quote we all know  
> and love. Well worth seeing, though he uses OT equipment, he sure  
> has on-target eyes. Released in 2001, I think, so does not have any  
> of the wars since then, but still very current and powerful. An on- 
> camera video camera some of the time shows what he is shooting  
> while he is shooting. And the cinematographer deserves credit too  
> for following Nachtwey around. Still to be screened a few times in  
> July.
>
> While there I looked in at the Laura McPhee exhibit of photos blown  
> up (and I mean blown up -- about 6 feet in the short dimension)  
> from 8x10 negs. Jim Hemenway, you don't need a big camera, just a  
> big enlarger, it would seem. Beautifuly done, but the pictures in  
> my view don't amount to much.
>
> Bill h
>
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