Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I belive that Ms. Bourke-White usually went out with a couple of assistants. If you believe James Agee she was quite the celebrity and acted the part. See the appendices in "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men". Apparently the editors wanted Agee to take Bourke-White with him on his travels through the South but Agee insisted on Walker Evans. Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Patriquen" <patriquen@yahoo.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 2:39 PM Subject: [Leica] Re:Hero worship > > > A photographer who doesn't do their own printing is > just > like > > a painter who only does the intial sketches and > leaves > the > > brushwork up to someone else... > > Margaret Bourke-White (IMHO one of the greats) could > not even use a light meter, let alone print (she had > two great printers who worked for her during her > career). > > There is a story that Ansel Adams once aksed her (in > admiring her work) how she judged exposure. > > Her reply was "Oh Ansel! I just shoot a sheet at every > aperture/shutter speed combination that looks good." > (or words to that effect). > > The proof of the pudding... etc. > > Steve P > London > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ >