Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]USA TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI 23 October 2006 Hi there-- And, don't forget the LIFE cover of the young teenager in a black coat with a rifle slung over his shoulder. It was taken by Michael Rougier who--in my humble opinion--later photographed one of the finest essays LIFE ever published, on a small town in North Dakota whose little theater produced Wilder's "Our Town." --Bill ----- Original Message ---- From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:45:37 AM Subject: [Leica] 50 years ago today, October 23. 1956. The Hungarian revolt was covered by Erich Lessing, a Magnum member, with a Leica. http://tinyurl.com/y6n8h9 Koudelka was to do a similar feat 12 years later in Czechoslovakia, also with a Leica. He later became a member of Magnum. Slobodan Dimitrov _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information