[Leica] Erwin Blumenfeld in the NYer - Mark

[Mark Rabiner]

"Hit and run" does ok with me in describing how Magnum and other
photojournalists worked both then and now.
They are all over the place very quickly shooting everything.
The are NOT standing around trying to blend into the woodwork waiting for
some decisive moment to magically present itself to them.

I belive when we make picture we create out own moment. Decisively and
otherwise.


On 9/18/14 5:58 PM, "Philippe Amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:

> The original title I wouldn't be able to translate into English - A la
> Sauvette  is a sort of "hit and run", illegally, and unnoticed or
> stealthily, which shows in the footages.
> It may only make sense to French speaking people, that is very few of
> us these days ;-)
> 
> Matches the character he embodied of the dilletante gentleman
> photographer playing with the limits.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> Amities
> Philippe
> 
> 
> Le 18 sept. 14 à 23:21, Mark Rabiner a écrit :
> 
>> "Dandy" though is also not much of a compliment to foist upon ones
>> self.
>> But a hop, skip and jump from Dandy is the whole idea of "Gentleman
>> photographer" (or lady equivalent). And that kind of thing is
>> certainly part
>> of Leica "Culture". Leica lifestyle.
>> 
>> Righty now I am reading a small book I've had for a few years its
>> small and
>> hard cover and fits in my side bag with my camera. Its called:
>> The Mind's Eye
>> Writings on Photography and Photographers
>> Photographs and essays by Henri Cartier-Bresson
>> http://aperture.org/shop/books/henri-cartier-bresson-the-minds-eye-book#sth
>> ash.Y6T40aFy.dpuf
>> http://tinyurl.com/kqku57e
>> 
>> Going to finally find out what this guy thinks. YouTube ing him is
>> frustrating for a guy who does not speak French all that well. English
>> either!
>> 
>> He actually in the capture I'm on now actually used the term "Decisive
>> moment" to describe what you'd want when doing a portrait.
>> Previously in the many chapters before he never once used the term.
>> And this
>> didn't surprise me. The fact that he just now as I'm reading did use
>> the
>> term did surprise me.  I almost think its in deferent to his
>> publisher who
>> came up with the term to title the English Language version of his
>> book and
>> the fact that he is so closely associated with the term.
>> 
> 
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