[Leica] RETROSPECT 72

[Howard Ritter]

FWIW, that was not my impression at all. It’s clear that the bedside rail is just that. I think it’s a lovely image.

—howard

> On Apr5, 2020, at 1424, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
>   Ada Williams was 103 and had caught chicken pox. The only photograph
> possible was some kind of portrait. But it also serves as a great mistake.
> One of the first lessons all photographers learn is the first thing you do
> when taking a picture is to look behind the subject. I didn’t do that. When
> the picture was published, one of the editors asked me if I realized what I
> had done to Mrs. Williams. “You should have lowered the restraint behind
> her. Leaving it up, the shape makes it look as if she was in a coffin.”
> It’s a bitter lesson I have never forgotten.
> 
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Ada+Williams_+Houston_+Texas+April_+1973+___+01611.jpg.html
> 
> 
> –Bill
> 
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