Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, John - It's nice to know that, other than being 12 years off, I'm not losing my mind...;-) B. D. John R. Fulton Jr. wrote: > Hi BD-- > I must agree with you. > I just pulled Self-Portrait USA by DDD off my shelf. If you haven't > looked at it recently it is worth a look-see. > It is his coverage of the 1968 political conventions and it is GREAT. If > you want to see how to cover conventiions this is it. This book is great > reportage. > While the Democratic convention was going on, DDD took a side-trip to > the Great Lakes Naval hospital to photograph the injured Marines > watching the convention (with their Alfred E. Newman for President > poster). He was on the streets of Chicago during the riots. > He got wonderful closeups of Nixon in Miami. Plus alot of behind the > scenes stuff you just don't see today. > He was shooting with a pre-production 400 6.8 Telyt borrowed from Leica > for an SL. He also used two "ancient" (his words) M3Ds with 21 and 50. > In addition he used Nikon Photomics. > Anyway, beg, borrow or buy this book. Anybody who doesn't think DDD was > a shooter will want to re-think it after Self-Portrait USA. > John Fulton > Fort Worth > > > >> Having trashed the HCB book by DDD, I have to jump to his defense here >> - some of his Korea stuff can be placed side by side with the best of >> the best. Yes, it has to be viewed in the context of the times, but >> that said, it is excellent combat photography. And his convention >> coverage from, was it 1956?, is also none too shabby. And then came >> the Picasso period...;-) >> >> B. D. >> >> ARTHURWG@aol.com wrote: >> >>> Yes, the book is Crap for sure. But DDD's reputation is much >>> over-rated IMHO. He traded on his relationship with Picasso. He was >>> a Marine, and that made him a tough guy. But his Korea pictures are >>> just OK; can't compare with the real deal, McCullin, Jones-Griffiths >>> et al. -- >>> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html