[Leica] Erwin Blumenfeld in the NYer - Mark

[Mark Rabiner]

Yes " surreptitious " works for me..
":  done, made, or acquired by stealth "
Ok so if that's the definition then maybe not.
I think hand held photography instead of tripod photography has a slight
"stealth" edge to it whatever you do.  You think you are sneaking around.
All eyes are on you.
I think when you see photojournalists work they are under no illusions they
are anything close to invisible; and even become involved with their
subjects as they are shooting. They inter relate.
They work it.
They cover it.

On 9/18/14 6:18 PM, "George Lottermoser" <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:

> 
> 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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