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, maybe! I used to hear this story in my younger days, and it went like this: Very many years back, the top management over at Kodak used to have a summer vacation photo contest between themselves. The guy that would win most of the time was still using his old brownie box camera. I think it might of been a No.2, but don't quote on it. Every one else was hell bent on the latest gadget. Of course, never spending enough time to master them. I carried that inspiring anecdote tucked in the back of my brain ever since I've been able to buy my own Leica (and using not my parents). Kind of like a whispering of levity, should hubris take hold. S. Dimitrov On Dec 26, 2004, at 7:38 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Slobodan Dimitrov Photography