Re: [Leica] Bryan Adams the singer uses a Leica

["Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>]

Peter,

I have a copy of the Yul Brynner book you mentioned. It's called "Yul
Brynner: Photographer" published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, in
1996. It was compiled after Brynner's death by his daughter, Victoria. In
the attic of Brynner's last home in France, she found boxes of slides and
prints which she edited down to the selections in the book. Brynner was a
very serious photographer all of his life and was good friends with many of
the most widely respected photographers of his day.

This really is a wonderful book for those who like the "Leica style" of
photography. I find that of all my photography books it is probably the one
I take down and thumb through the most often. Brynner not only photographed
the environment in which he worked, but he did so as an insider, not an
outsider.

Highly recommended,

Bryan



- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter A. Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Bryan Adams the singer uses a Leica


> On the subject of celebrities who photograph:  The late Yul Bryner was
> an enthusiastic photographer and a Leica user.  I once saw a book of his
> photographs in a used bookstore.  If I recall correctly, they were quite
> good.  He photographed his own world, but it wasn't just celebrities, it
> was people he cared about and places he loved.  He had a good eye, and
> that rare ability to catch a person's character in a photograph.
>
> Anyway, let's not diss all famous people who take photographs just
> because some are bad photographers.  Sometimes talent in one art form
> translates to similar talent in another.  And as Ted has observed,
> sometimes it doesn't!  And of course, being famous gives one
> opportunities that the rest of us don't have, and that isn't fair.  But
> if the work is good, it's good.
>
> --Peter
>