Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tim, Great story. Yeah, go dig up Stravinsky! But, go easy; are kids to blame that they haven't been taught who their cultural icons are? I heard Newman speak at RIT in the 80s and he was very nice, generous to the students, still devoted to bettering photography. His tale about photographing Krupp was memorable, a Jewish photographer confronting a German exploiter of slave labor. Look at how he lit him! When I saw the subject line, I thought, "Oh, no. He's died." Happy that's not the case. Carl ref: "He got a call from one of the big mags (forget who it was now, Vanity Fair, maybe still Life one such, anyway). It was the (probably bright young thing) assistant photo editor, who by the sound of it, had no idea of Newman's photographic reputation. They wanted to use the famous picture of Stravinsky - his response was - certainly, and this is how much the usage fee is - a very nice tidy sum (of course, nothing less than such a picture is worth). There was a combined gasp and nervous giggle and the girl on the phone told him - Oh no, we would never pay anything like that - our rate is $225.00 (or some such insulting fee). To which Arnold replied - fine - go get someone else to shoot it - and put the phone down. Well, Stravinsky being long dead, a couple of hours later there was a very apologetic call from the Photo Editor, saying we really do need the photograph, and of course we'll pay your fee Mr Newman..." - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html