Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do indeed remember Yoicha Okamoto, who if memory serves me was LBJ's White House photographer. AND, of more interest to folks in D.C., I also seem to recall that he was one of the founding partners who established a B&W pro-lab in the 1700 block of Pennsylvania Ave. NW called Images...They did great work, and were still there and functioning at least as late as 1980 when I left town - can't tell you about anything after that. As to later WH photographers - site lines may be an issue, but I think there are two more important issues... Real WH photography began with JFK - then LBJ had a photographer with great access, and so on...we've been looking at these sorts of images now for more than 40 years...all of a The President, in his office, and in other WH offices and on AF1, meeting with staff...the faces change, the situations remain the same...so there has to be a sense of...'seen that before...' Also, there is more than a possibility that some of the photographers were not the world's best, and may not have been inspired by what they were doing... B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Don Dory Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 11:20 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Yoicha Okamoto I was just given a copy of "LBJ"; apparently most of the images were taken by Yoicha Okamoto. To my sadly uneducated recollection, he apparently had almost unlimited access to LBJ. Any of the long time photojournalists remember this photographer? There are a fair number of images that a later White House photographer in the 90's apparently duplicated. Is this because there are only so many sight lines in the White House so that anyone in the Cabinet Room or the West Wing will have to pick similar images? Just curious. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html