Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New Leica M6 brochure
From: InfinityDT@aol.com
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 13:53:38 EDT

In a message dated 9/11/99 1:45:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tedgrant@islandnet.com writes:

<< But I'm sure they could have found a more meaningful image than, "who was
 that bearded man?"
 
 ted >>

I'll wager 1/2 of American people will think it's Charles Manson and the 
other 1/2 Jim Morrison.  If Leica wanted a BW photograph with media-icon 
status they could've used Eisenstaedt's sailor-kissing-nurse, or the 
Vietnam-era Pulitzer shot of the prisoner being shot in the head (not sure if 
that was taken with a Leica or not).