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Subject: [Leica] [Fwd: Famous Leica self-portrait (was Leitz 50mm b/l v/f)]
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Fri Mar 11 07:10:43 2005

Wait! It's OF a young Dennis Stock, BY Feninger! :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Glenn Stauffer
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 8:14 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] [Fwd: Famous Leica self-portrait (was Leitz 50mm
b/l v/f)]


You are talking about Feininger, right.  The photo on the cover of his
'Total Picture Control' book (which I have in front of me).  A self
portrait entitled 'The Photo-journalist'.

--Glenn


On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:04:43 +0000, Peter Dzwig
<pdzwig@summaventures.com> wrote:
> 
> This should have been copied to the list, but as yet hasn't appeared
> 
> Peter Dzwig
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Famous Leica self-portrait (was Leitz 50mm b/l v/f)
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:04:13 +0000
> From: Alex Hurst <corkflor@iol.ie>
> To: pdzwig@summaventures.com
> 
> Peter and I wrote:
> 
> >>There's a famous self-portrait somewhere of one of the Leica legends

> >>(can't remember who) using a III with the 50  b/l finder. His body, 
> >>as I remember is shadowed with a projected 35mm filmstrip including 
> >>sprocket holes.
> >
> >I can't think of it. There's a great picture of a very young HCB with

> >VIOOH or similar...
> >
> 
>   Definitely not HC-B.
> 
> C'mon guys.Please help us out. This is a very famous shot and you're 
> all Leica freaks. I'll be very disappointed otherwise. Who wuz he?
> 
> Best
> 
> Alex
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Replies: Reply from feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli) ([Leica] [Fwd: Famous Leica self-portrait (was Leitz 50mm b/l v/f)])
In reply to: Message from alaxsxaq at gmail.com (Glenn Stauffer) ([Leica] [Fwd: Famous Leica self-portrait (was Leitz 50mm b/l v/f)])