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[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Kyle,
The person/personality really shines through - the shirt, the tattoo, the
look, the surroundings -great stuff.
Cheers
Jayanand

On 3/21/07, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> 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.
>
>
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