Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brassai did somewhat similar things in the 1920s and 1930s Paris. He would walk around at night, spot a window from which he thought the view might be nice, and go up and knock on the relevant door in the middle of the night. Amazingly, most of the time he would be allowed in with no problems. He tells of one couple who were blind and therefore could not themselves appreciate the view he had come to photograph. Nathan Phil Swango wrote: > I just ran across this quote from the autobiography of Jacob Riis, the > Danish immigrant who photographed the NYC slums at the turn of the 20th > century: > > "It is not too much to say that our party carried terror wherever it > went. The flashlight of those days was contained in cartridges fired > from a revolver. The spectacle of half a dozen strange men invading a > house in the midnight hour armed with big pistols which they shot off > recklessly was hardly reassuring, however sugary our speech, and it was > not to be wondered at if the tenants bolted through windows and down > fire-escapes wherever we went." > > This was in "An American Century of Photography" (Abrams, NYC, 1995). > Great book, BTW. It'll take your mind off of which dilution of Xtol to > use, or whether you really _need_ that latest aspherical from Solms. > > Ted and Tina, please tell me you've never broken into someone's home at > midnight with a party of six :)! > > > > > > > > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr. SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > 714-908-7846 (fax) > pswango@att.net > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography available at: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman