Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > 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. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html