Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/06

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Subject: [Leica] Vivian Maier with Leica
From: red735i at verizon.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:13:18 -0700
References: <D0584E42.28534%mark@rabinergroup.com> <03AB44CC-5AF3-4952-8834-B9B0B0717BC6@mac.com> <CAF8hL-H82PN=C6C_BJehHLC2sBCabRqmd97MUJZ7twOFtDvwKA@mail.gmail.com> <1fc51bead54ad14f540ba0430157adde@mail.gmail.com> <CAFfkXxsk0C6OUFSq9Oo+0gZ_8fwMSbM8tggS0n69ncZ-tAYQog@mail.gmail.com> <7b8f4dc023510e435219c0c271fca33d@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-FV-YTuT2-mExX+xJM7FcF1SqCa7Z3iYe3Za7eCO2yZUw@mail.gmail.com> <CAFfkXxuZKSb5GVko2cAnWQAmKWq=EfyT_kY3bEbUCWyX6Wu=WA@mail.gmail.com>

Or it is Photoshopped in? ....  look around the neck for signs of PS...... 

She could have taken it, using the self timer on the Rollei.... but she
could as easily have handed the camera to someone else to take the shot.

We will never know for sure......

Frank Filippone
Red735i at verizon.net

But I do believe she took it.


On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
wrote:

> I agree that that it's probably the Rollei with a self timer.
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com>
> wrote:
>
> > ??  Look at the position of her arms--she'd had to be an orangutan 
> > to get the arm back in the coat.  Additionally, you'd see a big 
> > bulge right over the shutter button.  If you look at the position of 
> > the camera, a resulting picture would have had a very different bias to
the image.
> >
> > I have another theory: she shot this with her Rolleiflex, using the 
> > self-timer.  The square format (and high quality) makes me suspect 
> > that's the answer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LUG 
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org]
> On
> > Behalf Of Sonny Carter
> > Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 5:07 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Vivian Maier with Leica
> >
> > Jim, I think she took it.  I think her arm was inside the coat, and 
> > her finger was on the button.  If you look closely, the fabric next 
> > to the camera is bulged there.
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Jim Shulman 
> > <jshulman at judgecrater.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Looks like a IIIc with Summitar.
> > >
> > > Wonder who shot the picture?
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: LUG
> > > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On 
> > > Behalf Of Richard Man
> > > Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 4:51 PM
> > > To: Leica Users Group
> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Vivian Maier with Leica
> > >
> > > Great find!
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Scott Gregory 
> > > <scottgregory at mac.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I would encourage anybody to go and see the documentary at the 
> > > > Theatre concerning her life. I thought it very well done.
> > > >
> > > > Scott
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Oct 6, 2014, at 1:48 PM, Mark Rabiner 
> > > > > <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Vivian Maier with Leica
> > > > >
> > > > > http://blamhammer.tumblr.com/image/96885754143
> > > > >
> > > > > Or
> > > > >
> > > > > http://tinyurl.com/qj9wplm
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Mark William Rabiner
> > > > > Photographer
> > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
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USA

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