Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes. Or, more correctly, simply surrealist. Which is what HCB was. He was NOT, and did not consider himself, a photojournalist, despite the fact that he did some great photojournalism. But as far better educated commentators than I have pointed out, some of his most iconic, no-journalistic images, emerged from his some of his magazine assignments. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:39 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Best known photo ? On 5/12/04 6:14 AM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > The Iwo photo was NOT faked - go do some reading. There were TWO flag > raisings; the second, which Rosenthal shot, was the second - the idea > was to raise a flag large enough to be seen all over the island. This > particular "faked photo" story was laid to rest several years ago. > > And the fact that there were other people shooting with 35 doesn't > mean that Capa isn't the one who created the form, in the sense of > making it work, and bringing it to world attention. Keep in mind that > HCB always said that he was NOT a photojournalist. In fact, at the > time Magnum was formed, Capa specifically advised HCB to call himself > a photojournalism because, he told HCB, no one would buy photos from > him if he described himself as a surrealist photographer - which was > what he really was, and thought of himself as. > > B. D. > -----Original Message----- surrealist photographer?! Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon New-improved http://rabinergroup.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information