Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - War photographers and SPEAKING OF WAR PHOTOGRAPHERS
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:31:47 -0700

B.D.

Mind telling us what the title of the book is?

On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 11:22  AM, bdcolen wrote:

> There's a new 'don't miss it' book out -
> Don McCullin, forward by Harold Evans, essay by Susan Sontag. A 295 
> page
> monograph covering the life's work - thus far - of one of the world's
> great photographers. 8.5 by 9", good reproduction, from Jonathan Cape,
> London. $29.95.
>
> One of the most fascinating photos in the book is a shot of McCullin
> himself, taken by Nick Wheeler during the battle for the Hue Citadel in
> 1968. McCullin has a haunted look frighteningly similar to that on the
> face of his famous image of the combat 'fatigued' Marine - a photo
> featured in two parts on the front and back cover.
>
> For anyone interested in McCullin, war photography - or just
> photography.
>
> (But be forewarned that in the photo of him in Vietnam McCullin is
> clutching a Nikon F :-) )
>
> 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 Oliver
> Bryk
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:00 PM
> To: Users Group Leica
> Subject: [Leica] OT - War photographers
>
>
> Peter Maass has an interesting piece about war photographers and
> correspondents in the July 2003 issue of Outside magazine. I'm not a
> subscriber and saw it only today in a waiting room. Oliver Bryk
>
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Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.jphotog.com

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