[Leica] Erwin Blumenfeld in the NYer - Mark

[George Lottermoser]

On Sep 18, 2014, at 5:04 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> "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.

so perhaps

"the surreptitious moments"
may be more accurate a translation
than
"the decisive moment" 

Regards,
George Lottermoser 

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