Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Odd, isn't it, that he was reduced to using a Minolta, (retch at the thought) and yet produced images that any of us would kill to be able to produce with our best Leica gear? ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Slobodan Dimitrov Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 9:52 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Stories Feli; It's 35mm. But what's really depressing, is how destitute he was near the end. All the good gear was sold off some time prior to the Minamata shoot. I believe, he was reduced to using a Minolta (retch at the thought) during this period. It reminds of a few beat era poets, that didn't 'make it' who lived in Venice, CA. I knew some, with more than a dozen published books, who were cleaning Porta Potties to make ends meet. S. Dimitrov On Dec 26, 2004, at 6:38 PM, Feli di Giorgio wrote: > > On Dec 26, 2004, at 3:54 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> It is all that and more, Neal - Knowing Smith, and the era, it may >> well >> have been posed, but so was the original Pieta, so what the heck.. ;-) > > According to the book, at some point during his stay he decided that > he wanted to take a shot of the mother bathing the child. Seems > perfectly reasonable since he was all over their house, and the entire > village, day and night. So, he examined the location before the shoot > and took some meter readings. At this point he set up two small > flashes for fill light. Perhaps a day later, Smith joined them during > bath time. Supposedly he only took a few shots, because he felt he was > intruding on something very private, but knew it when he had taken > that one. I'm curious what format it was shot on. 35? 6x6? 6x7? > > Has anyone ever seen this picture as a real print? > > Feli > > > _______________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Slobodan Dimitrov Photography _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information