Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:55 PM 08-01-98 -0500, you wrote: >I can't figure out why we're so hung up on the character and personality of >HCB. It's the work he did that's important. He was focussed on it. Anyone >that dedicated is going to come across as haughty and distant. In his >personal life he may be just the opposite in nature. Picasso was no saint. >Beethoven was insufferable. > >As Al Smith would say, 'Let's look at the record.' That means his camera >work. > >Bob I think it's just human nature. We want to know something about the person behind a famous name, whether it is good or bad. Why else do people read biographies? Dan C.