Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis LeMonde refers to a "posthumous book" [sic] HBC would have prepared himself. Prints included. But states that he disliked lab work. I would be inclined to think it is true, for Pierre Assouline is one of the best French journalists, and works for well informed and respected Le Monde. http://passouline.blog.lemonde.fr/livres/2006/07/en_feuilletant_.html Sant?! Phileicangemix Luis Ripoll wrote: >More on > >http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Fw22&tag= > >"Dead Metaphor , apr 06, 2006; 09:24 a.m. >HCB never got near a darkroom. >I studied under Georges Fevre, who was HCBs master printer for many years. >Probably every exhibition or published print you've seen of HCB was actually >printed by Georges. > >George was fond of saying that HCBs negatives were usually quite bad and >required ALOT of work. He chalked this up to HCBs use of an unmetered Leica >and quick estimations of exposure. > >I think HCBs film was developed by Picto, the pro lab ib Paris and then work >prints and final prints were done by Georges." > >Luis >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > >-----Mensaje original----- >De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de >Philippe Amard >Enviado el: martes, 13 de febrero de 2007 23:33 >Para: Leica Users Group >Asunto: Re: [Leica] HCB's Le Ma?tre tireur > >Steve your French is perfect! >I think Fevre is OK - look there ><http://www.chambrenoire.com/invite/fevre/fevre.htm> >Yours >Phileicangemix > >Steve Barbour wrote: > > > >>je crois c'etait M. Georges Favre... >> >> >> >>Steve >> >> >>On Feb 13, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Luis Ripoll wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi all, >>> >>>I've remembered that many years ago, probably lates 70's early 80's, >>>I've had the certain - now for me "privilege"- , to assit to a >>>conference with projections of images by the man who was "Le Ma?tre >>>tireur d' Henri Cartier-Bresson", unfortunately I've loss my >>>personnal annotations, and I remember a few things, but this >>>conference has caused a big impact on me because it was as a >>>revelation about the photographic sense tryng to catch the live. I >>>remember things as, that HCB was not interested on the darkroom, only >>>on the results of the images as he has seen on his mind, that he >>>never want to crop a picture, and that he was a person with a great >>>demand of perfection in himself and for the others, always doing a >>>lot of work. >>> >>>I would try to search my annotations..., anyone of the list know >>>maybe the name of this person? >>> >>>saludos desde Barcelona >>>Luis >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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 >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >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 > > >