Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is also a ludicrous myth that each of his images represents a "decisive moment" in the sense of his seeing, pressing the shutter release, and having a single, glorious image: he was an extremely hard working, hard shooting photographer, who burned up quantities of film to get the "decisive moment." I forget whose line it is that the "decisive moment" was the instant the right image on the contact sheet caught his eye... ...None of which is to detract from his place as one of the great visual artists of the 20th century. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of buzz.hausner@verizon.net Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 1:58 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: Re: [Leica] Intro It is a myth that Cartier-Bresson never cropped his images, although the majority of his work is presented full frame. However, it is absolutely true that he insisted his images not be cropped for publication by any editor. He was adamant that all pictures be published with exactly the crop that he (or any other Magnum member) indicated. Buzz Hausner _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information