Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]... not only education in photography. I learned English that way. Or at least those magazines motivated me to learn English at school. USIS (US Information Service) in downtown Gothenburg, Sweden had all those glossy American photomagazines to read and borrow. My thanks to the American taxpayer who funded this in the late fifties, early sixties. > Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > >> >Today's publications seem so weak. I am >> > thankful to Bob Schwalberg, Bill Pierce, Ed Meyers and all the others for >> > giving me an education in photography. >> > I think growing up with these articles and pictures sparked the need >>for me >> > to use Leica rangefinders. I wasn't really happy until I got my M3. > >Mark Rabiner responded: > >> Me too! It was Pop Photo that got me into it. Loved their annuals. Just >>bought >> the 1957 annual this month. Cora Wright-Kennedy, Bill Pierce and all the >>others >> I always read them. And I loved the Gravure!<<<<<<<<<<< > >Like you lads the photo magazines of the 50's were my bibles and I >learned more about photography from them than all of the today power >sales pitches purported to be "Photo magazines." With possibly Photo >Techniques! > >They were truly learning literature to point the way and show the light. >The other magazines that were very influential for me were Life, Look, >Der Stern,. Paris Match and others I've forgotten. I believed by looking >at lots of good photographs I'd slowly learn what makes a good >photograph! And I don't have any doubt the wisdom gleaned from those >early magazines were very influential in my success as a professional >photojournalist for the past 50 years. > >It's a shame that today most of the photo magazines have merely >degenerated into super sales catalogues with a minor touch of wisdom on >occasion.! >ted - -- Christer Almqvist D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France