Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/07

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Subject: [Leica] Another Altered Photo
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Mon Aug 7 10:25:09 2006
References: <200608071605.k77G2u8U095008@server1.waverley.reid.org> <ae4e340dca68770b943a252ec4737223@earthlink.net>

I was trying to remember who the fellow was? His brother?

Walt

Craig Semetko wrote:

> Hey Walt,
>
> I may be wrong, but I don't think David Turnley missed the shot--he 
> was 16 in 1972 when the shot was taken...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Craig
>
> NO ARCHIVE
>
> On Aug 7, 2006, at 9:05 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
>
>> From: Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another Altered Photo
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Message-ID: <44D7587C.5040607@waltjohnson.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> I'm sure those in the unaltered photo were much happier being bombed in
>> low contrast. As I mentioned before, look at Christopher Anderson's work
>> http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/ on the Magnum site. Anderson, a Canadian,
>> should be relatively objective. His work seems to be straightforward and
>> for him, a very risky business. Wonder what rationale Limbaugh would use
>> prove Anderson's images fake? Perhaps he could call on Westmoreland's PR
>> expert who stated Nick Ut faked it with his napalm shot. I've heard
>> tales David Turnley missed the shot loading an M3 but that Ut was also
>> using a Leica?
>>
>> Walt
>
>
>
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