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Subject: [Leica] German interview with Che Guevara photographer
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan)
Date: Thu Jun 5 13:00:38 2008
References: <C469B308.B77F%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Just like the Bolivarian revolution...

On 2-jun-2008, at 20:24, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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