Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Walt, regarding those particular fighting men, I seem to recall a documentary saying that the famous photo was in fact a restaging of the actual event, similar to Gen McArthur wading ashore more than once. I see no cloned smoke clouds though! And unquestionably the image stands as a powerful and historic one of genuine warriors in symbolic triumph, irrespective of the detail of its origin. Anyone else recall reading or watching about this? There seem to be a number of fascinating stories circulating regarding several very famous photos from that era. Capa's falling soldier from the Spanish Civil War and the damage of those D Day negs. I read recently in a British magazine, an article covering the darkroom technician who was famously the culprit. (His family insists that the incident never happened) No disrespect meant either to the Corps nor Capa. Cheers Hoppy M10 guy, never shot at. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Walt Johnson Sent: Monday, 21 August 2006 22:54 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Another famous photographer went Didier Saying "U.S. troops" is much the same as calling HCB's tools of choice small format cameras. Accurate, but almost a bit demeaning. The U.S. troops on Mt. Suribachi were Marines, a big difference. :-) Walt Didier Ludwig wrote: > Joe Rosenthal, 1911-2006 > > He shot the iconic war image of US troops raising the flag at Iwo Jima > in 1945. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:WW2_Iwo_Jima_flag_raising.jpg >