Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In einer eMail vom 19.09.1997 17:52:57, schreiben Sie: >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? > >Eric Welch Didn't the us army agreed to a second, extra invasion for Robert Capa some days later, additionally ? The series with the famous flag/ banner pic ? Alf