Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/17

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Subject: [Leica] Doisneau
From: gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:15:47 +0100
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And how could I possibly overlook the wonderful work of Sieff?

Gerry

Gerry Walden
+44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
+44 (0)797 287 7932
www.gerrywalden.co.uk

On 17 Apr 2012, at 15:10, Tarek Charara wrote:

> No fans of Edouard Boubat? Re: Doisneau: There's a free exhibition at the 
> "Mairie de Paris" until April 28th? 
> 
> All the best from Paris!
> 
> Tarek
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> Tarek Charara
> <http://www.tarekcharara.com>
> 
> NO ARCHIVE
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Le 17 avr. 2012 ? 16:03, Gerry Walden a ?crit :
> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> Ronis has been a favourite since I saw an exhibition of his in Oxford 
>> many years ago, and Ribauld since I met him in London, and since I read 
>> about him in the Magnum 'autobiography'. But then if I thought I was a 
>> tenth as good as any of them I would be a very happy man!
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> Gerry Walden
>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>> www.gerrywalden.co.uk
>> 
>> On 17 Apr 2012, at 14:59, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>> 
>>> Gerry,
>>> 
>>> it's interesting to see the list in that order. I think perhaps Ronis 
>>> first (but
>>> that's personal)then Riboud and HCB neck-and-neck with perhaps Riboud 
>>> edging it.
>>> 
>>> Peter
>>> 
>>> On 13/04/2012 15:55, Gerry Walden wrote:
>>>> Marty
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for posting a reminder for his birthday, I will raise a glass of 
>>>> red tonight in his honour. To me he was always one of the best, if not 
>>>> the best. Willy Ronis and Marc Ribauld rank in there as well together 
>>>> with, of course, HCB but probably in that order. I was exhibiting in 
>>>> France a while ago and there they seemed to rank Doisneau as the best 
>>>> and discounted HCB all together which rather surprised me, having loads 
>>>> of Doisneau posters in the shops but not even an HCB book. At the 
>>>> opening of my show I was very honoured to be compared favourably to 
>>>> Doisneau (sorry about the boasting but I don't get much opportunity).
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry Walden
>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>> 
>>>> On 13 Apr 2012, at 15:33, Marty Deveney wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Robert Doisneau would have been 100 today:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.google.com.au/logos/2012/doisneau12-hp.jpg
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Robert+Doisneau&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=tDiIT5v_OoXXrQeytfSiCw&ved=0CEIQsAQ&biw=1341&bih=549
>>>>> 
>>>>> I met him a couple of times.  I didn't know him well, but he was a guy
>>>>> who could really tell you what photography was about.  His archive was
>>>>> incredibly organised and he emphasized the importance of knowing where
>>>>> every photo was, all the time.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Marty
>>>>> 
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>>> Dr Peter Dzwig                              
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Replies: Reply from tcharara at mac.com (Tarek Charara) ([Leica] Doisneau)
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