Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle, What a great photograph! It does stand on its own. The parachute tattoo reflects the years on his face and makes one question if he was a paratrooper. I can hear him right now....... Thanks for sharing. Mark Welch >From: "Kyle Cassidy" <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >To: <lug@leica-users.org> >Subject: [Leica] [img] wwii >Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:06:26 -0400 > >http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/temp/wild-bill5.jpg > >A photograph needs to stand on its own. If you have to say "this is the >oldest living confederate widow" for it to work, then you need to >reshoot it. Hopefully this photo works on it's own. If it doesn't, hit >me with your worst. > >But, for your enjoyment, some backstory. > > > >"I killed a lotta Germans. Christ, I killed a lotta Germans on D-Day." > >Last night it was my great pleasure to photograph "Wild" Bill Guarnere >of the 101st Airborne. Bill parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, fought >across France, then parachuted again into Holland for operation Market >Garden, lost a leg in the Battle of the Bulge, won a Silver Star for >bravery and two Purple Hearts, and to this day takes no guff from local >hoodlums. "You picked the right guy you @#$@# @!#$@$#er," he said to >someone who threatened him on the street several years ago, "I've killed >before and I ain't done yet." Then Bill chased the guy down the street >on his crutches. > >Despite that, he's excruciatingly open and accommodating to polite >people. He's been back to Germany fifteen times and when meeting old >German soldiers he says "It's a good thing you're meeting me now, now >you get a hug, back then, you woulda got a bullet, right between the >eyes, if I'd seen you." > >Photographed with one monolight strobe in a softbox about three feet >from the subject's left. Leica d200 with an 18-70. > > >-- >Reminder: all disks eventually fail. All computers eventually fail. Make >backups or lose your work. >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _________________________________________________________________ i'm making a difference. Make every IM count for the cause of your choice. Join Now. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0080000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=hmtagline