Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] HCB Portaits
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 13:54:17 -0700

Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> 
> From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 23:03
> Subject: Re: [Leica] HCB Portaits at Washington Post site
> 
> > And  I'm afraid I must say that I find the majority of
> > these photos tremendously unremarkable.
> 
> A lot of them do look pretty ordinary.
> 
> I have several little books put out by Magnum with portraits of various famous
> people (writers, movie stars).  HCB has a few in each (including some of the
> same ones shown on the Web site).  However, his are no better or worse than the
> others.  There are many very good portraits, and most of the best are not HCB's
> work (but as I said, he is only represented by a few images).  I don't know how
> many of them use Leicas (does or did everyone at Magnum use Leicas?).
> 
>   -- Anthony

HCB has a whole book of portraits out that I was looking at this week.
Not my favorite HCB. He's better when he doesn't ask first!
Mark Rabiner