Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which picture is this Ed? I'd be curious. The interviewer was poor, but it was a real pleasure to listen to HCB speak. He's a wonderful curmudgion. My favorite picture of his is an early one of the man leaping gracefully over a puddle while on a hoarding there is a ballet poster with a similar image. I almost bought a print of this a few years ago from the Alinder Gallery, but at the time decided that my need for a new 70~210mm lens at about the same price was more urgent. Sigh. I also recently picked up the new book "A Propos de Paris". What a joy. Beautiful duotone printing. Michael At 12:12 AM 13/05/96 -0400, you wrote: >I know for a fact that one of HCB's most famous photographs >was made with an inexpensive Agfa 120 camera. The story, as told >to my friend by HCB, is that he was photographing the event and >ran out of 35mm film. Non of the close-by shops carried 35mm. >HCB then bought the cheap Agfa 120 and made one of his most >famous pictures. Funny thing is that a number of the Leica >people (used to be E.Leitz, Wetzlar) don't know this. I've seen >the picture reproduced in a Leica book. Tsk, tsk. Ed Meyers > >