Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I managed to find at least one reference to this vaguely recalled story. The "Lab Technician" apparently widely blamed for the damage to the Capa D Day photos in the Life magazine lab was Larry Burrows, who of course went on to be an important war photographer in his own right and was tragically killed. Although 15-year-old lab assistant named Dennis Banks was responsible for the accident, an apocryphal account (which, despite being accepted as untrue, has gained widespread currency), blames Larry Burrows, who worked in the lab not as a technician but as a "tea-boy". Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Bartphotog@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, 22 August 2006 16:59 To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: Re: [Leica] Another famous photographer went In a message dated 8/21/06 2:51:24 PM, hoppyman@bigpond.net.au writes: << I shall try to locate the reference to post for the story regarding the damage to his D Day images. >> Here's one account - http://www.skylighters.org/photos/robertcapa.html Bart _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information