Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Would recommend the latest book by Erwitt published by Phaidon called snaps - - wonderful book. Talks about how he was able to separate out his professional work from his private work using M3 , Trix or HP5 and microdol. Early on in my photography I came to appreciate him though I could see that he may not have been considered the most serious of the Magnum photographers - - this book will dispell anyone's opinion on that score. Ernie nitka - -- http://home.twcny.rr.com/nitka On 12/25/01 9:05 AM, "Dave Jenkins" <djphoto@vol.com> wrote: > Phil Marcus wrote: > > "I wonder what Elliot Erwitt did when he was shooting? Seems like he > made a living as a commercial photographer and picked up a large library > of personal pictures in the cracks." > ________________________________________________________ > > That's pretty much what he did. He always scheduled time around his > assignments to do his own photography. > > In the book "Elliot Erwitt: The Private Experience," published around > 1974 as part of the Masters of Contemporary Photography series, his > working outfit is pictured: a Fiberbilt padded case with two or three > Canon F-1 bodies and every FD lens from 17mm to 300mm. > > Another photo in the book shows him working with a 4x5, probably a > Linhof. However, his preferred commercial working system seems to have > been 35mm. For his personal pictures, he appears to have used a > III-series Leica until well into the M era, and stated that he liked the > collapsible lenses because they were pocketable. > > His work has influenced me deeply and I personally consider him one of > the greatest photographers of the second half of the 20th century. > > Dave Jenkins > > -- > 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