Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thoughts on Werner Bischoff? a major inspiration for me! Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Dec 22, 2008, at 10:53 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > On: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Ansel Adams >> ...snip.. > >> But then I get big goose bumps of admiration over the photography of >> Eisenstaedt, Ralph Morse, George Silk and the others of the early >> years of >> LIFE! Now they were real photographers and masters of the >> photographic >> moments! >> ted > ======================================================== > Hey Ted, me too! I grew up on LIFE magazine in the fifties. I am > so glad my parents > subscribed (they got TIME, too). It formed my view of photography > I think. > I've accumulated a lot of photo books, and among my favorites are > two from > TIME-LIFE - "Famous LIFE Photographers", and" How LIFE Gets the > Story". > Among the unforgettable images in the latter book is one taken by > Joe Scherschel > a mile underground in a tunnel, of a man up to his chest in 100+ > degree water. > The picture shows water damage to the negative, and makes me > shudder to think > about being in there, trying to breathe and produce photos to boot. > > BTW, I've got a Canadian photo annual from 1968, I think, that has > work by > a certain Mr. Ted Grant. (These books are in the other room, and > since I've > got two cats sleeping on my lap, I don't want to disturb them to > get up and > check the details) > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information