[Leica] OT? J. Getty exhibits

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

We were down in the LA area over the Thanksgiving weekend, and on the way 
back, we stopped at the Getty Center for a couple hours. If you have never 
been there, it's worth a trip. The architecture is quite striking and so 
are the surrounding views. Currently there are some special exhibits 
including Press Photography through the ages. I got to see the Capa 
Normandy photos as prints for the first time!! Also Weegee photos. Sad to 
say, as a neophyte photog, I don't know much about Weegee at all before 
this. One interesting thing about Weegee is that in order to get the time 
advantage over his competitors (he would have loved a digital camera!), he 
would develop his film in taxi, and even in subway!! Also, Julius Schulman 
just gave his photos to the Getty Center and they have a nice selection 
there.

The Getty Center also have paintings etc. but we didn't have time to see 
any of those. I guess a number of those press photogs must have used Leica 
(including Capa?) so this is not quite OT...

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