Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, I've never met him, but he does come across in some interviews as rather arrogant sometimes. But sometimes he comes across as very sensitive. Same as the rest of us, I suppose - inconsistent. Have you read Russell Miller's description of HCB's reaction to Martin Parr being elected to Magnum? Volcanic. - --- Bob mailto:bob@web-options.com Friday, July 13, 2001, 8:42:56 PM, you wrote: > and in some of HCB's photographs, there is a coldness and remoteness that to > me does seem to lack sensitivity and that reflects his own self descriptor > as a hunter looking for prey, and of taking the picture and running. > Much of his work is marvellous and an inspiration, but his arrogance > sometimes does seem to violate the subject in the sense described. > Tim A