Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Another great book, which shows proofs, hence the shooting style of Walker Evans. http://www.amazon.com/Walker-Evans-at-Work/dp/006430230X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268237119&sr=8-1 S.d. On Mar 10, 2010, at 7:14 AM, John Edwin Mason wrote: > Lately, I've been thinking a lot about Ben Shahn, a man who loved his > Leica. > > He's best known as one of the twentieth century's most significant > painters. For about a decade, he was an important photographer. > > He owed it all to his buddy Walker Evans, who turned him on to > photography, and to his Leica, often equipped with a right-angle > viewfinder. > > Some photos from the '30s: > > http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/john_edwin_mason_photogra/2010/03/shahn-leica-right-angle-viewfinder.html > > http://bit.ly/d55Zkz > > --John > > ****************************** > John Edwin Mason, Photography: > http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com > Charlottesville and Cape Town > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information