Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: tm <leicar8@earthlink.net> Vastaanottaja: Leica Users Group <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> 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 > > >-- >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