Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark, Thanks for the web address to the pictures of the photographers, Interesting that Margaret is just a bit out of focus and the buildings behind her are in focus. I guess the photographer thought the buildings were more important than Margaret or perhaps he was just scared of heights! Cheers Howard > > > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:39:10 -0500 > From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> > Subject: Re: [Leica] "Life" Magazine photo archive hosted by Google > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > > FORTUNE magazine photographer Margaret Bourke-White preparing to > take a > picture from high atop a NYC building. > Location: New York, NY, US > Date taken: 1931 > Size: 883 x 1280 pixels (12.3 x 17.8 inches) > > With her Graflex Reflex > And Bob hair cut. > > People do not know that SLR's did not start with 35mm > But 4x5. > > > http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=photographer+source:life&imgurl=c97 > 96ed5879957ad > > http://graflex.org/RBGraflex/#GraflexPhotography > >