Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 10/22/02 10:29 AM, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote: > I do indeed remember Yoicha Okamoto, who if memory serves me was LBJ's White > House photographer. This is correct > AND, of more interest to folks in D.C., I also seem to > recall that he was one of the founding partners who established a B&W > pro-lab in the 1700 block of Pennsylvania Ave. NW called Images. Two for two >..They did > great work, and were still there and functioning at least as late as 1980 > when I left town - can't tell you about anything after that. > > As to later WH photographers - site lines may be an issue, but I think there > are two more important issues... > Real WH photography began with JFK - then LBJ had a photographer with great > access, and so on...we've been looking at these sorts of images now for more > than 40 years...all of a The President, in his office, and in other WH > offices and on AF1, meeting with staff...the faces change, the situations > remain the same...so there has to be a sense of...'seen that before...' Like cute smiling kids, hungry, dirty kids , war, death and most human conditions photographed over and over by us photojournalists. However, I feel you are referring to WH Presidential shooters not those of us who brought you the real inside views. > Also, there is more than a possibility that some of the photographers were > not the world's best, and may not have been inspired by what they were > doing... Three for three and most did not use Leicas either......hummmm Happy snaps, Steven Alexander > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Don Dory > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 11:20 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Yoicha Okamoto > > > I was just given a copy of "LBJ"; apparently most of the images were taken > by Yoicha Okamoto. To my sadly uneducated recollection, he apparently had > almost unlimited access to LBJ. Any of the long time photojournalists > remember this photographer? > > There are a fair number of images that a later White House photographer in > the 90's apparently duplicated. Is this because there are only so many > sight lines in the White House so that anyone in the Cabinet Room or the > West Wing will have to pick similar images? > > Just curious. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -- > 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