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On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:12 AM, John Edwin Mason wrote:

> That American Photo story on W. Eugene Smith's shoot for Life on the set 
> of Chaplin's "Limelight" got me thinking.
> 
> Smith own assessment of his work on the story was grim.  He thought that 
> he had failed miserably.
> 
> After looking at the original Life essay, I wasn't so sure that he was 
> right.
> 
> Well, if he was wrong, howcome?  (Nothing to do with the 6 Leicas, of 
> course.)
> 
> After digging around in a couple biographies (and finding, among other 
> things, letters he wrote to his mother about the episode and letters from 
> Margery Smith, his lover and long-time companion), I've got an idea or two:
> 
> http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/john_edwin_mason_photogra/2010/02/eugene-smith-charlie-chaplin.html
> 
> http://bit.ly/cOvg1X
> 
> --John
> 
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