Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric wrote: << but HCB would never manipulate a situation. It's totally contrary to his style. >>>>>> Hi Eric, I guess if I'd been sharper when I read the original post realizing it was a tongue in cheek about him having the guy jump 50 times, I wouldn't have been feeling quite so bad. Everything I've read about him, it just didn't seem like the thing he would do. As I have certainly admired his timing skills as a very gifted artist photographer. I knew Gene Smith set-up all kinds of things, but not that Margaret Bourke-White was a master at it. Any of us who have worked as newsphotographers or commercial shooters have at some time re-created a situation that has happened. It is part of doing newspaper photography and that isn't a problem. By the same token, when we shoot "live action" you either shoot live and once! Or you loose your credibility as a "photojournalist" recording the "moment in time!" Thanks for the post, ted