Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pierre Assouline in his book "Cartier-Bresson: the eye of the century", published in France in 1999 (Plon Publishers) gives the following account of Capa's recommendations to HCB (pages 204-205 of the French edition): " Watch out for labels. They sound reassuring but they stick and later you will not be able to get rid of them. Yours will be "the small surrealist photographer:. You will be lost, you will become affected. Carry on with your own style but with the label of a photojournalist nd hide the rest deeply in your heart...' the translation is mine and I apologize for how it sounds. I am convinced that Capa's original version must have been much more vigourous. Pierre Claquin At 09:36 AM 9/18/02 -0400, you wrote: >Actually, he does NOT consider them to be photojournalism. He has publicly >stated, on I assume more than one occasion, that the only reason he once >called himself a "photojournalist" is that Robert Capa told him that if he >called himself a surrealist, no one would hire him. But if he called himself >a photojournalist, he would find work.:-) > >HCB is a surrealist photographer who has in his life time done some >"photojournalism." > >He may not call himself an artist - although I find that hard to believe - >but if he calls himself a photojournalist, he does so with a laugh. >B. D. > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John >Collier >Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:38 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Cartier-Bresson exhibition > > >HCB does not consider his photographs to be art. He considers them to be >photo journalism. As such, he does not limit editions so the prints >sell for about $5000US and have done so for the quite a few years. Do >not expect them to rise in value much as they are not particularly rare. >His original work prints from the fifties and sixties are what the >collectors want and pay big bucks for. This annoys the heck out of HCB >who goes to great lengths to make sure they do not get released for sale. > >John Collier > >On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 08:42 AM, Lee England wrote: > >> The prices were $5,000 a print and included some of his most >> famous. Does anyone have any experience with the prices these prints >> bring? If $5,000 is fair, the value will only go up, especially for >> signed prints. One of these would be a lot more fun to own than some >> MCI-World Com stock. > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html