Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://imagenes.publico.es/resources/archivos/2009/3/27/1238159343824moma13g d.jpg Or http://tinyurl.com/2g4lqcl This one is my favorite shot of the Babe or anybody. Babe Ruth, Nikolas Muray, c. 1927 It looks like he's about to take the whole room apart with that bat. Read what john Szarkowski says about it in Looking at photographs. And indispensable book. Perfect for bathroom reading. Like time Magazine. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:08:54 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] LIFE, The Babe & a gear question > > Wow, I actually never knew until now that Babe Ruth died from cancer. > Having > lived in NYC and Boston area for a total for 19 years, I knew a bit about > him, but I guess not much at all. > > Gears aside, who think Ralph's picture (image 7) is better than Nat Fein's? > I think it's often said that Net Fein's picture is so powerful precisely > because Babe's face was not visible, but would Nat Fein have chosen a more > face-on shot if he had the chance or the choice? > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com> wrote: > >> An interesting and unpublished color set of Babe Ruth's last Yankee >> Stadium appearance in 1948. >> >> >> http://www.life.com/image/50453928/in-gallery/47141/babe-ruth-rare-and-unpubl >> ished >> >> below is the Life photographer Ralph Morse in 1943. Gear question: what's >> he shooting? My uninformed guess is a Contax and a mirror housing. And >> what lens is that fast-looking chrome beauty? >> >> >> http://www.life.com/image/53376685/in-gallery/47141/babe-ruth-rare-and-unpubl >> ished >> >> -rei >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information