Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Read the obit I posted, Hoppy - The photo is unquestionably genuine. Rosenthal also took a later photo of the raising of a larger flag, and that was a posed shot. On 8/21/06 10:35 AM, "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > 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 >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information