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Subject: [Leica] WAS: Intro NOW: HCB.
From: feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli di Giorgio)
Date: Tue Jan 4 08:42:23 2005
References: <007c01c4f277$b0c2c140$6401a8c0@ccapr.com>

HCB was interviewed in the new STORIES book and he give a very 
interesting
explanation of his work.

feli


On Jan 4, 2005, at 8:08 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> BUZZ!!!! Get your butt in here!!! :-)
>
> In fact, HCB himself has been quoted as saying that around the time of
> the founding of Magnum, the late Robert Capa "...was very wise. He told
> me not to
> call myself a surrealist, but instead, a photojournalist."
>
> I admit that I had some trouble getting my brain around this idea,
> focused as I was on HCB's subject manner. But then I saw some classic
> HCB images blown up to slide screen size - and BINGO! There is was -
> shape, form, shadow, odd juxtaposition of objects.....



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