Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And Che himself was a Leica nut there's a picture of him with a Leica and Viso. A device which has been proven on the LUG by our in house experts to be completely unwieldy, unjustified and unusable. .................... Mark William Rabiner > From: Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com> > Organization: Summa Ventures Ltd > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:11:24 +0100 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] German interview with Che Guevara photographer > > Che did get used in a Leica banner I once saw. So this is definitely ON > target > ;-) > > Peter Dzwig > > Didier Ludwig wrote: >> Those who can read german may find this interview >> with the former magnum photographer Ren? Burri >> quite interesting: >> http://tinyurl.com/4fmqyw >> >> He made the famous portrait of Che Guevara with the >> cigar in the mouth, 1963 in Cuba. >> >> Asked about how much he earned for that picture, >> (after all reproduced millions of times on wine bottles, >> condom boxes, bags and many other things) he says, >> he couldn't afford the lawyers to follow up these >> things. >> >> No words about the camera used but it was on-topic >> gear. >> >> Didier >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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