Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/23

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Thu Jun 23 12:05:25 2005
References: <e7d99ce7f657.e7f657e7d99c@shaw.ca> <567C6685-12BD-440F-8C7C-D61ED95D2D1B@mindspring.com> <42AEEB3A.5060809@adrenaline.com>

I remember hearing a story from the scene of the Muslim Brotherhood's  
killing of Anwar Sadat in the grandstands. Apparently the reason the  
photographer was able to get so close to shoot body parts and all,  
was because he was wearing a suit as he was thought to be a member of  
the audience. A suit was required attire at the time.

Slobodan Dimitrov
Studio G-8, AGCC
http://sdimitrovphoto.com



On Jun 14, 2005, at 7:35 AM, Scott McLoughlin wrote:

> Around the time of HCB's death, I saw several photo's of the
> man himself at work.  It was interesting to see a rather dapper
> dressed man, often in a 3 piece suit armed with a few relatively
> small and light weight Leica's.  He seemed to have what looked
> like a very small, leather bag on a short strap, smaller than a
> typical breifcase.
>
> What struck me was comparing these images of a relatively
> "refined" looking HCB to modern PJ folks, many/most casually
> dressed and wielding a large photo backpack in addition to one
> or more largish kit bags.
>
> Scott
>
> Jeff Sumner wrote:
>
>
>> Zeiss, actually.
>>
>>
>> On Jun 14, 2005, at 10:10 AM, GREG LORENZO wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Arthur Peterson writes in part:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Three quarters of a century
>>>> ago, Cartier-Bresson was taking better photographs with his
>>>> technologically deprived (i.e., by today's standards) Leicas than
>>>> I'm taking today with the latest electronic bodies and aspherical
>>>> lenses.  And if using equipment as antiquated as his would enable
>>>> me to take photographs as good as his, I'd trade my modern
>>>> equipment for it in an instant.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Which company was making the best glass in the world at that time?
>>>
>>> It seems HCB was concerned that his images were being exposed on a
>>> film plane with Leica glass in front of it.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest)
Message from jdos2 at mindspring.com (Jeff Sumner) ([Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest)
Message from scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin) ([Leica] Re: Erwin's Latest)