Re: [Leica] Maroon Photos

[Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>]

Bill: The image that you speak of is in the Leica M special edition that came out
a few yrs back celebrating 40 yrs of the M. One that is my favorite is Nixon
Ducking the press and all you see is his leg and he steps behind a column at the
white house.
cheers Wilber

Bill Welch wrote:

> I know Fred a bit too and did a magazine story on him a few years ago. You
> definitely should see his work if you get the opportunity. Fred produced a
> number of Leica brochures for the company in the 80s, as I recall, all
> shot, of course, with Leicas.
>
> His previous two books were on the architecture of the Supreme Court and
> U.S. Capitol buildings. Fred shot them all with his Leica Rs, and they are
> startling examples of the high quality attainable through exacting
> technique. Fred used a truckload of hot lights to light the Capitol  for
> his project, an extraordinary feat even without all the hoops you must jump
> through to  work in that building.
>
> Fred is an architect by training. He did a lot of 60s magazine work for
> Life, Look, Sat Evening Post, etc. including fashion and travel as well as
> Washington reportage. One of my favorites of his is a black and white image
> of Robert Kennedy conducting a Senate hearing, shot with the 21mm on an M.
>
> Bill Welch
>
> At 05:59 PM 8/11/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Larry and Everyone Else: If you ever get the chance to see Fred or attend one
> >of his lectures, DON'T MISS IT! I count him as my #1 mentor. Did a class with
> >him in Florida and had him in as a speaker at the SC Convention in 89. The
> man
> >is a fountain of Knowledge. He has 9-12 coffee table books out and they are
> >all done with the Leica. In fact he did the work for the National Geographic
> >on the English Country Homes (Later a book "The English Country Manor Home-A
> >tapestry of the Ages" (I think that is the correct title-it's close) The
> story
> >goes that they wanted him to shoot it with 4x5 so he took the Linhof and his
> >Leica's. He shot it both ways and sent some of the early takes in for an
> >evaluation by the NG staff. They told him to use the Leica's as they couldn't
> >see any appreciable difference for what they were wanting to do. The book is
> >beautiful. I believe his showing (which will run till Dec)  is at the
> >Smithsonian, it opened last month. The details are in one of the last issues
> >of Leica Fotographie, or was it Leica View?
> >
> >BTW anyone who is shooting with the Elinchrom Strobes, their trigger voltage
> >is
> >set at 15 volts regardless of the unit your using.
> >
> >LArry thanks for the update- I'm going right now to get a copy of the mag.
> >
> >Cheers Wilber
> >Larry Kopitnik wrote:
> >
> >> In the latest Newsweek magazine is a five page spread of photos taken by
> >> Fred Maroon during the Nixon years in the White House. They're from a book
> >> being published next month of photos Maroon took at that time, with
> >> unprecedented access to Richard Nixon and his White House, but now being
> >> seen for the first time.
> >>
> >> Maroon was interviewed last weekend on NPR's (National Public Radio) All
> >> Things Considered about these photos (I believe they're also on display in
> >> Washington). During the interview, he said that to remain as inconspicuous
> >> and unobtrusive as possible, he used his quietest camera, a Leica M, for
> >> the shots.
> >>
> >> Larry
> >
> >
> >