Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tuesday, Aug 12, 2003, at 23:26 US/Pacific, Eric Welch wrote: > Not true about HCB. He could be very economical with film. My old, > tired story comes from former editor of Epoca magazine (Italy's LIFE > magazine) who hired Cartier-Bresson to do a photo essay on Portugal. > He took his Leica and two rolls of Ektachrome with him. And when Guido > Mattoni (the editor) looked through his film, he said he could have > used 70 or the 72 frames in the magazine. It's a rare photographer who > can get that kind of success rate. Supposedly he only shot about 200 rolls during the 3 years he was in India. feli _______________________________________________________ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin feli2@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html