Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brownie maybe, just as long as it wasn't a Minolta! -dan c. At 08:55 PM 26-12-04 -0800, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: >Odd, maybe! >I used to hear this story in my younger days, and it went like this: >Very many years back, the top management over at Kodak used to have a >summer vacation photo contest between themselves. The guy that would >win most of the time was still using his old brownie box camera. I >think it might of been a No.2, but don't quote on it. Every one else >was hell bent on the latest gadget. Of course, never spending enough >time to master them. >I carried that inspiring anecdote tucked in the back of my brain ever >since I've been able to buy my own Leica (and using not my parents). >Kind of like a whispering of levity, should hubris take hold. >S. Dimitrov > > >On Dec 26, 2004, at 7:38 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> Odd, isn't it, that he was reduced to using a Minolta, (retch at the >> thought) and yet produced images that any of us would kill to be able >> to >> produce with our best Leica gear? ;-) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> Slobodan Dimitrov >> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 9:52 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Stories >> >> >> Feli; >> It's 35mm. But what's really depressing, is how destitute he was near >> the end. All the good gear was sold off some time prior to the Minamata >> shoot. I believe, he was reduced to using a Minolta (retch at the >> thought) during this period. >> It reminds of a few beat era poets, that didn't 'make it' who lived in >> Venice, CA. I knew some, with more than a dozen published books, who >> were cleaning Porta Potties to make ends meet. >> S. Dimitrov >> >> >> On Dec 26, 2004, at 6:38 PM, Feli di Giorgio wrote: >> >>> >>> On Dec 26, 2004, at 3:54 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: >>> >>>> It is all that and more, Neal - Knowing Smith, and the era, it may >>>> well >>>> have been posed, but so was the original Pieta, so what the heck.. >> ;-) >>> >>> According to the book, at some point during his stay he decided that >>> he wanted to take a shot of the mother bathing the child. Seems >>> perfectly reasonable since he was all over their house, and the entire >> >>> village, day and night. So, he examined the location before the shoot >>> and took some meter readings. At this point he set up two small >>> flashes for fill light. Perhaps a day later, Smith joined them during >>> bath time. Supposedly he only took a few shots, because he felt he was >> >>> intruding on something very private, but knew it when he had taken >>> that one. I'm curious what format it was shot on. 35? 6x6? 6x7? >>> >>> Has anyone ever seen this picture as a real print? >>> >>> Feli >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________________ >>> feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 >>> www.elanphotos.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> Slobodan Dimitrov >> Photography >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >Slobodan Dimitrov >Photography > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >