Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re cropping dilema
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:47:09 -0700

Interesting, then I must be off in my story of Cliff Edom by a decade. 
Considering my memory these days, not surprising!

(I need to get more sleep, you guys with these hundreds of messages a 
day aren't helping!)

On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 11:27  AM, Tim Atherton wrote:

>> Hi BD,
>>
>>        When HCB started photographing with the early Leica, the
>> word 'photojournalist' was unknown.  I think the term was first
>> used in the '50s.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rich Lahrson
>
> I don't have my OED here, but Webster's first included the term
> "photojournalism" in 1938 - which means it would have been in common 
> use
> some time before that. I've also recently read some early writings by 
> Walker
> Evan's from the 1930's which, as I recall, referred to photojournalism.
>
> tim
>
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Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.jphotog.com

There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by reading. The few 
who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric 
fence. - Will Rogers.

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