[Leica] Leica mystery

[Douglas Barry]

Well a lot of opinion out there on the web think it is his first Leica!

"In this enigmatic photograph, Kertész used a Leica camera to capture 
what is at first glance a simple street scene. The Leica appeared in the 
1920s with Kertész bearing one from 1928, three years before Henri 
Cartier-Bresson. The camera was light and easy to handle and soon 
favoured by photo-journalists. However, closer inspection reveals a 
snapshot of considerable compositional complexity. Meudon creates a 
sense of movement and speed moving in different directions: through the 
steam-train at the top of the frame, and the man carrying a package - 
possibly the German painter Will Baumeister (carrying a canvas) - at the 
bottom."

https://www.theartstory.org/artist/kertesz-andre/artworks/
and who are these guys?
https://www.theartstory.org/about-us-our-team.htm

Seem reputable enough.

And this one is all about the Meudon photograph and Baumeister
http://www.all-art.org/history658_photography13-17.html

Douglas


On 04/05/2021 16:47, Philippe via LUG wrote:
>  From the format, I am unsure a Leica was involved in this one.
> Unless someone cropped the enlarged version of the neg.
>
> But I left my measuring tape and ruler in the shed when the welcome rain started to pour me poor own self drenched …
> Good for the grass ( some call it lawn) and the two sheep we have been putting up for a month now :-)
>
> Amities
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
>> Le 4 mai 2021 à 17:38, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a écrit :
>>
>>
>> Yes, it is the very planned decisive moment with probably Willi Baumeister (or his twin) carrying a painting. You wonder were any of the other people in the picture prompted to place themselves exactly where they are? It's expanding art with artifice. No one can tell us now as the little girl walking uphill past the bar with  her mother must be tipping 100 years old now - if she has survived. My mother would have been four at the time and is now in a nursing home.
>>
>> Anyway, without his new Leica, the influence of Atget on a very collaborative art scene in Paris, this photo would not have happened.
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>> On 04/05/2021 14:10, Douglas Barry wrote:
>>> Philippe,
>>> Of course, you are right!
>>> It is Rue de Dr. Vuillieme at Meudon in Paris, looking at the now widened SNCF bridge.
>>> and here is the original photograph
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Meudon+1928+Andre+Kertesz+taken+on+Rue+du+Dr+Vuillieme+Meudon+Paris.jpg.html
>>>
>>> This is a link to the place on streetview
>>> https://tinyurl.com/3p38cdx7
>>> Maybe we should have a LUG encounter in Paris and do a modern restaging of this iconic image when CoVid and its variants have been put to the sword?
>>>
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/05/2021 11:46, Philippe via LUG wrote:
>>>> KERTESZ André, MEUDON (Fr), 1928
>>>>
>>>> The guy in the top hat featured on the photo (not yours, he’s long gone) could be a German painter by the name of Baumeister.
>>>>
>>>> Correct?
>>>>
>>>>    Amities
>>>>
>>>> Philippe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Le 3 mai 2021 à 20:30, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the a modified image from Dr. G's street view of a location of a well known photograph taken by a famous Leica user with a Leica.
>>>>>
>>>>> Who took the famous image there and what was it called?
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no prize other than universal acclaim.
>>>>>
>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>
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