[Leica] RETROSPECT4

[Nathan Wajsman]

I love the use of shadows on his face in this image.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 29 Feb 2020, at 05:01, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> USA
> 
> TEXAS
> 
> VICTORIA
> 
> 
> Hi there –
> 
> 
> This is a bizarre portrait of John L. McCarty – famous Texas author and, at
> the time of this 1961 photograph, the editor of the Amarillo Citizen.
> 
> 
> He was at the local police department trying to smooth ruffles after one of
> his inexperienced reporters did a story on police brutality.
> 
> 
> McCarty is famous for, during the Dust Bowl Days, forming “The Last Man”
> club in Dalhart, Texas, for those who would agree to stay instead of
> leaving for better climes.
> 
> 
> He also was a painter. And an historian. One ntire room in his home was
> devoted to file cabinets.
> 
> 
> I met him in 1961; left the paper in 1964 and reported for acgive duty with
> the U.S. Navy a year later.
> 
> 
> He had lived through such history; one of the regrets of my life is that I
> wasn’t older when I met him. He made a defining mark on the Texas
> Panhandle; I wish I had known him better. A West African saying is always
> true" When a man dies, a library burns.
> 
> 
> –Bill
> 
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/John+L_+McCarty+-+00054.jpg.html
> 
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