Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 5/12/04 6:14 AM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > The Iwo photo was NOT faked - go do some reading. There were TWO flag > raisings; the second, which Rosenthal shot, was the second - the idea > was to raise a flag large enough to be seen all over the island. This > particular "faked photo" story was laid to rest several years ago. > > And the fact that there were other people shooting with 35 doesn't mean > that Capa isn't the one who created the form, in the sense of making it > work, and bringing it to world attention. Keep in mind that HCB always > said that he was NOT a photojournalist. In fact, at the time Magnum was > formed, Capa specifically advised HCB to call himself a photojournalism > because, he told HCB, no one would buy photos from him if he described > himself as a surrealist photographer - which was what he really was, and > thought of himself as. > > B. D. > -----Original Message----- surrealist photographer?! Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon New-improved http://rabinergroup.com/