FW: [Leica] David Allen Harvey's flash, lens use, etc.

["Tim Atherton" <timphoto@nt.sympatico.ca>]

An old LUG post about this:

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> Sent: October 27, 1999 5:59 AM
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> Subject: [Leica] David Allen Harvey's flash, lens use, etc.
>
>
> Hi, LUGgers:
>
> In my first post to the LUG this past January, when Monica was in town to
> give her testimony on what brand of cigars Bill prefers ;)  I recounted
> having met Harvey at the National Geographic Explorers Hall and
> discussing
> his then in-progress work in Cuba.  He said that most of his
> photographs were
> made with the use of a 35mm (f/stop not asked) and supplemented
> with a 28mm
> "used as a wide 35" (his words).
>
> With the publication of his photos in the September issue of the
> magazine,
> Nat'l Geographic put on display approx. 30 large prints in
> Explorers Hall.
> In addition, there is a 12 minute film documentary of Harvey
> working in Cuba,
> with his comments as voice-over. At the beginning of the film, there is a
> close-up of him taking a photograph with a VERY beat up 50mm
> Summilux --the
> dent on the filter ring is painful to see!  The video of him
> working in the
> streets and homes of Havana, using early morning and late
> afternoon light,
> quickly framing the scene, shooting, recomposing and shooting again is a
> primer on how to use an M.  On those occasions (several) when flash was
> needed, he used a Vivitar 2600  and a Sto-Fen diffuser with the
> flash head
> set at a 45 degree angle.
>
> Harvey is a fairly big guy, so even when he is carrying two Ms
> and a small
> knapsack of film and stuff he doesn't look at all encumbered.  I
> noticed that
> he usually wears a trim, multi-pocketed vest, not the bulky Domke
> or Banana
> Republic variety.  Also, he doesn't use filters or hoods on his
> lenses!  Go
> figure!!
>
> Maybe the film will appear on MSNBC's Nat'l Geographics Explorer
> soon.  If
> so, don't miss it.
>
> Best regards -- Mike