Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:10 PM 5/12/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Cartier-Bresson, for all the talk about his being a photojournalist, was >not a photojournalist - he was an artist whose brush was the camera. The >photo of the man jumping the puddle is just that - a photo of a man >jumping a puddle. It is not a news photo of the aftermath of a flood. >It is what it is. And, btw, I would argue it is....surreal. :-) Quote discovered on Google while searching for the contact sheet: "The decisive moment? That's when Cartier-Bresson pointed to a frame on his contact sheet and said, 'Print that one.'"-Alan Zenreich ;-) Tina Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com http://www.pdiphotos.com http://www.workbookstock.com http://www.newscom.com http://www.americanphotojournalist.com