Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/18

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Subject: Vs: [Leica] Lens humor
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:02:26 +0100

IIRC Gina Lollobrigida has been a photographer and has had some photo exhibitions of her own - our Italian friends can shed some light on this.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

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Päivä: 18. joulukuuta 2001 17:49
Aihe: [Leica] Lens humor


>I just received the 12/15/01 issue of Amateur Photographer airmail from
>England here in California and encountered a reprint of this old, small,
>humerous atricle that appeared back in April of 1962. Written by Victor
>Blackman, It pertains to one of the world's most beautiful women, Sophia
>Loren, and I chuckled greatly while sipping my morning coffee:
>
>"Many famous personalities are keen amateur photographers, but I seriously
>wonder how much film-star Gina Lollobrigida knows about the long-focus lens
>she was carrying in my picture, which was taken in Moscow. Could one of the
>press boys have put it into her hands, I wonder? However, a compatriot of
>hers, Sophia Loren, certainly knows something about photography -- as I know
>to my cost. When she was in London I met her at a cocktail party in the
>Savoy and thought I would do some candids of her with my Leica while she was
>chatting to some friends. Rapidly focusing up, I started shooting away, but
>to my disappointment, she started gesticulating at me. I said, "No, no! I
>don't want you to pose -- just forget I am here," and carried on shooting.
>But Sophia continued to wave at me and I became more exasperated. In the
>end, she broke away from the group and came over to me. Before I could say a
>word, she pointed to my lens, looked at me, and gave me a mischievous wink.
>I looked down and discovered I stil had the lens cap on! That incident
>happened about three years ago, and every time I have met Sophia since, she
>has joked about it -- sometimes, to my horror, in front of rival
>photographers. She is still very high on my list of famous people I
>genuinely like."
>
>Terry
>
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