Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes George...me too... I have the book. Steve - ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist@concentric.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Magnum... > kididdoc@home.com (Steve Barbour)1/11/026:02 PM > > > Magnum....icons of the 20th century. .... many great images by > > great photographers..... > > Just received the book, "New York September 11th, by Magnum > Photographers", courtesy of Smart Papers. Quite powerful. The > photographers discuss their experiences in the brief texts. > > Larry Towell was in town for a meeting at Magnum and didn't have > "his" gear. Had "one small, 35mm completely automatic camera. S I > tried to photograph. My camera didn't work. The green light was > blinking, saying, 'I don't know what to focus on.'" > > Gilles Peress text in its entirety, "I don't trust words. I trust > pictures." > > Susan Meiselas, "I grabbed two cameras, a Leica and Canon, one > 28-105mm lens, and a few rolls of film < two few as it turned > out." > > It has been a while since a book of photographs has brought tears > to my eyes - this one did. > > George > > > -- > 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