Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's what I was going to say, why does it really matter what cameras she used? Contax, Nikon, Leica, Mamiya, whatever. She's Diane Arbus and her images are some of the most beautiful ever made. She could have used a Diana & they would have been just as powerful. Its just a box with a hole on one side and a recording medium on the other. Phil Forrest -----Original Message----- From: Michiel Fokkema <michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl> Subj: Re: [Leica] Arbus revisited Date: Sun 17 May 2009 4:59 pm Size: 1K To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Who cares? Why a keypoint? It's the image that counts. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema Robert Meier wrote: > I think Bosworth's biography has been discredited on many key points, > but I don't know the details. Needless to say, whether she used a Leica > or not would be a very key point. > > > On May 17, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> At 03:00 PM 5/17/2009, you wrote: >>> Found this on photo net: >>> " >>> Diane Arbus never used a Leica for her work. >>> The guy gives off the air of knowing what he's talking about. >>> I mean when you get that specific.... >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >> >> From her biography by Patricia Bosworth: >> >> page 108 hated the big 8 x 10 camera; she preferred the Leica. >> page 124 anyway-she always had a camera, usually a Leica, in >> page 127 She would still record the sessions with her Leica for >> page 195 Leica for years, but in 1962 she changed to a Rolleif >> page 231 cameras. She still missed the lightness of her Leica, >> page 246 ... D I A N E A R B U S novative work with a Leica (that sm >> >> Searched on Amazon. >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.329 / Virus Database: 270.12.32/2118 - Release Date: 05/16/09 > 17:05:00 > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information --- message truncated ---