Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ruralmopics@aol.com wrote: ><Snip> > On a more serious note, I saw a photo book on the blowout table at Hastings > the other day. It was a book of photos taken by celebrities -- old movie and > tv actors mostly but a few politicians as well. The photos were pretty > marginal on the whole but it was interesting in that it included comments > about photography and these particular "stars" love of making pictures. > Obviously most of it came from a time when photography was a much more common > hobby or recreational pursuit . . . oh, and yes, many of them used Leicas . Two thirds of them Leica, one third Rolleiflex. I love that book and I'm getting it. By far the best photographer was Gypsy Rose Lee! You would not belive it! James Garner is not bad and of course Yul Brenner. Grace Kelly maybe. Barry Goldwater is in there. Mark Rabiner