RE: [Leica] Re:Capa at Omaha

["Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

There are a few her if you follow the links in the text:

http://photography.about.com/arts/photography/library/weekly/aa111599.htm?ia
m=dp&terms=robert+capa

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> Jlaird@aol.com
> Sent: May 16, 2000 6:33 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Capa at Omaha
>
>
> In a message dated 05/15/2000 9:18:54 AM Central Daylight Time,
> jbcollier@home.com writes:
>
> > I thought that this story was used to explain the poor quality
> of the negs
> >  at the time, all fuzzy and blurred. It seems to me that I read
> an article
> in
> >  the old American Photographer that this was a myth; the negs
> were fuzzy and
> >  blurred because untold tons of munitions were being directed at the
> >  photographer during the scheduled shoot. I guess the Germans
> were a little
> >  annoyed that the art director forgot to tell the right time of
> the session.
> >  Regardless of the "quality", they show us what it was like that day far
> >  better than any technically superior picture could.
> >
> >  John Collier
> >
> >  > From: "Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>
> >  >
> >  > A great deal of the "look" of Capa's D-Day pictures comes
> from the fact
> > that
> >  > an overzealous darkroom technician left them too long in the
> film dryer
> > and
> >  > melted the emulsions - leaving most of them unprintable.
> This would have
> >  > happened regardless of what camera he was using.
> >  >
>
> Is there a web site of some of Capa's D-Day pictures?
>