Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/10

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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: 1 man, 1 Leica, 1 right-angle viewfinder
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:43:01 -0600
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love your blog John
wonderful content
thanks for your efforts

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
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On Mar 10, 2010, at 9:14 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
>
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