Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/19

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Subject: Re: Capa's cameras
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:54:30 -0500

At 11:30 PM 9/18/97 -0400, you wrote:
>about his blurry D-Day pictures. The original captions in LIFE stated 
>that the pictures were blurred because of Capa's reactions to the dangers 
>around him. In reality, an impatient lab technical melted the emulsions 
>of most of his films trying to dry them faster. As Capa and the LIFE 
>people waited, a lab guy came out and said that the photos were 
>incredible; a short time later, he came out and announced that they were 
>ruined. 

Actually, it was a young photojournalist, whom I can't remember his name
right now, but he became famous photographing the Viet Nam war. Larry
Burrows, maybe? 

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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
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