Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > > > "Kertesz took the first great 35 mm photographs. "We owe him so > much," said > > Cartier Bresson." > > I read that quote years ago and have been searching for it since! I > corrected a renowned photojournalism historian once and she asked > me for the > reference. I NEED that reference! Please, tell me where you got > it. PLEASE! > :-) > I think it was from an old book I had on Kertesz that I don't have any more (or may be in my parents attic in England!... and can't remember exactly what it was called) - I noted it down in an old notebook - just the quote. There is a similar version purportedly from HCB referring to Magnum as a whole, along the lines of "Whatever we did, Kertesz did it first" sorry Eric tim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html