Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Goebbels - Definitely Goebbels - and Ben is absolutely correct - without the eye contact the photo would be meaningless; with it, you loose sleep after looking at the photo. IMHO this is the absolute best Eisenstaedt, much of whose work, Leica or not, is grossly overrated "People" photography. He may have been the world's most charming guy, but.... B. D. Michael Leitheiser wrote: > Goebbels? or was it the industrialist, Krupps? > > At 10:29 PM 3/31/99 -0800, you wrote: > >One candid picture that worked very well with the subject looking straight at > >the camera is Eisenstaedt's shot of Joseph Goebbels. It is the image of a > >sinister and evil personality. It would not have worked at all if Goebbels > >didn't look straight at the camera. > > > >Ben > > > > Mike Leitheiser > > "When the trout are lost, smash the state." > Tom McGuane