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Subject: [Leica] Eugene Smith and Minamata book
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Thu Jun 8 13:33:55 2006

Yup. Although most of his photo essays were just photos I believe, with the
reporting by someone else. I have what appears to be a first edition of the
Minamata book - although without much value as someone long before me had
swiped it from a public library, or maybe it was tossed out - and I was
struck by how poor the photo reproduction is.


On 6/8/06 4:28 PM, "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:

> I got some of you "old-timers" know this, but I am "new" at this. My, they
> sure don't make photographers the way they used to, do they? Just got the
> Minamata book. Very powerful. Not just a photo essay book but an essay book
> that just happens to have some really great photographs. Some photographers
> use powerful images and change the world, some, like Smith, use both words
> and images.
> 
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please
> use richard at imagecraft.com)
> 
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