Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. Mind telling us what the title of the book is? On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 11:22 AM, bdcolen wrote: > There's a new 'don't miss it' book out - > Don McCullin, forward by Harold Evans, essay by Susan Sontag. A 295 > page > monograph covering the life's work - thus far - of one of the world's > great photographers. 8.5 by 9", good reproduction, from Jonathan Cape, > London. $29.95. > > One of the most fascinating photos in the book is a shot of McCullin > himself, taken by Nick Wheeler during the battle for the Hue Citadel in > 1968. McCullin has a haunted look frighteningly similar to that on the > face of his famous image of the combat 'fatigued' Marine - a photo > featured in two parts on the front and back cover. > > For anyone interested in McCullin, war photography - or just > photography. > > (But be forewarned that in the photo of him in Vietnam McCullin is > clutching a Nikon F :-) ) > > 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 Oliver > Bryk > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:00 PM > To: Users Group Leica > Subject: [Leica] OT - War photographers > > > Peter Maass has an interesting piece about war photographers and > correspondents in the July 2003 issue of Outside magazine. I'm not a > subscriber and saw it only today in a waiting room. Oliver Bryk > > > -- > 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 > > Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. - Will Rogers. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html