Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ohmigod, Walt, are you off the meds again?! ;-) On 8/21/06 7:15 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > Faked it > > G Hopkinson wrote: > >> B.D. I have read the several posts with great interest, and now have the >> facts straight on this one. Importantly, as you noted, I wasn't deriding >> either Rosenthal's work nor the bona fides of the participants. >> What the posts tell me is that the image of the second flag raising >> rightly >> became a very powerful image in support of the just cause. >> >> Does anyone care to contribute regarding the Capa images that I mentioned? >> I shall try to locate the reference to post for the story regarding the >> damage to his D Day images. Also, I would be interested in any comments >> regarding the Gen McArthur coming ashore reference. >> >> Cheers >> Hoppy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Another famous photographer went >> >> Of course as Rosenthal said at one point, if the famous photo had been >> "staged," he would have made damn sure that the five marines and one >> corpsman were looking at the camera, so that he could id them left to >> right >> and attach home towns...:-) >> >> >> >> On 8/21/06 3:38 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I think Greg hit it right on the head and B.D. missed the boat a bit in >>> his earlier post. It's been so long since I did any marching all those >>> stories are foggy. And hell, I never marched that damned good any way. >>> 8-) >>> >>> Walt. >>> >>> GREG LORENZO wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>> hoppyman@bigpond.net.au writes: >>>>> >>>>> 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! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Hoppy, >>>> >>>> The famous photo is the second one made that day by Joe Rosenthal. The >>>> >>>> >> flag >> >> >>>> used in the original photo was deemed to be too small so a second, >>>> larger >>>> flag was obtained from an officer on a ship offshore for the 2nd iconic >>>> image. In that sense it was 'staged' but this was done to enable both >>>> the >>>> remaining Japanese and American marines fighting to secure the landing >>>> >>>> >> strip >> >> >>>> and remainder of the island to see that the US had taken Mt. Suribachi >>>> >>>> >> before >> >> >>>> they had in-fact 'secured it'. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Greg >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information