Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams >...snip.. >But then I get big goose bumps of admiration over the photography of >Eisenstaedt, Ralph Morse, George Silk and the others of the early years of >LIFE! Now they were real photographers and masters of the photographic >moments! >ted ======================================================== Hey Ted, me too! I grew up on LIFE magazine in the fifties. I am so glad my parents subscribed (they got TIME, too). It formed my view of photography I think. I've accumulated a lot of photo books, and among my favorites are two from TIME-LIFE - "Famous LIFE Photographers", and" How LIFE Gets the Story". Among the unforgettable images in the latter book is one taken by Joe Scherschel a mile underground in a tunnel, of a man up to his chest in 100+ degree water. The picture shows water damage to the negative, and makes me shudder to think about being in there, trying to breathe and produce photos to boot. BTW, I've got a Canadian photo annual from 1968, I think, that has work by a certain Mr. Ted Grant. (These books are in the other room, and since I've got two cats sleeping on my lap, I don't want to disturb them to get up and check the details) Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/