Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excellent. Even without the background story, I would have known who he was. I love that guy! He does not take.............from anybody. He was a great interview in the Band of Brothers DVD. You really had a great subject to photograph Kyle, those guys won't be around much longer and there are a thousand more stories out there. On a critique, the shirt blends in with the wallpaper too much. BW? Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Cassidy" <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:06 AM Subject: [Leica] [img] wwii > http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/temp/wild-bill5.jpg > > A photograph needs to stand on its own. If you have to say "this is the > oldest living confederate widow" for it to work, then you need to > reshoot it. Hopefully this photo works on it's own. If it doesn't, hit > me with your worst. > > But, for your enjoyment, some backstory. > > > > "I killed a lotta Germans. Christ, I killed a lotta Germans on D-Day." > > Last night it was my great pleasure to photograph "Wild" Bill Guarnere > of the 101st Airborne. Bill parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, fought > across France, then parachuted again into Holland for operation Market > Garden, lost a leg in the Battle of the Bulge, won a Silver Star for > bravery and two Purple Hearts, and to this day takes no guff from local > hoodlums. "You picked the right guy you @#$@# @!#$@$#er," he said to > someone who threatened him on the street several years ago, "I've killed > before and I ain't done yet." Then Bill chased the guy down the street > on his crutches. > > Despite that, he's excruciatingly open and accommodating to polite > people. He's been back to Germany fifteen times and when meeting old > German soldiers he says "It's a good thing you're meeting me now, now > you get a hug, back then, you woulda got a bullet, right between the > eyes, if I'd seen you." > > Photographed with one monolight strobe in a softbox about three feet > from the subject's left. Leica d200 with an 18-70. > > > -- > Reminder: all disks eventually fail. All computers eventually fail. Make > backups or lose your work. > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information