Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I've now skimmed though the first few chapters of the biography by Pierre Assoiline and can't find any reference to him working abroad tending the family business. Of course it's possible that I've missed it. Do you have the dates as that would help. He did go to Africa, but that was under his own steam, and as far as I can tell from a brief read had nothing to do with his family. Steve On 2/11/09 14:58, "Steve Unsworth" <lug at steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote: > Did he? My recollection is that his involvement with the family business > was > minimal. I'll have to skim through the biography I have and get back to > you. > > Steve > > > On 2/11/09 14:45, "slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote: > >> You're talking about passive association with a historical process. >> HCB, on the other hand, went abroad to tend to the family businesses. >> He lived off that income, and at the same projected the persona of a >> socially concerned activist. >> But, he's French! >> Apparently living with that type of ethical bifurcation doesn't >> perturb them a bit.