Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was at a friend's house this afternoon looking at some interesting prints, taken by a photojournalist named Leslie C. Woods (I believe he went by Crozier Woods, or "Woody".) Several are of Dwight Eisenhower standing up in a convertible and waving to a crowd. He has a note with the photo to the effect that he was shooting with a Leica M3 and a 200mm lens on a gunstock mount from a balcony..."note the concerned look of the secret service agents". I would say it was a combination of concern and disbelief. He goes on to say that he was lucky he wasn't "the shootee". In another one he has a note identifying Cornell Capa in the group, holding a Leica. It's hard to believe things were once that way. A lot of them are from pre-Castro Havana also, pretty good stuff. Ken