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Subject: [Leica] HCB on TV
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Sun Mar 12 09:49:07 2006
References: <6b9bd80a0603120855m79a66d19p@mail.gmail.com>

Gerry,

Yes, it's on DVD.   The title is The Impassioned Eye.  It's a bit of a
strange film.  A good half of it is HCB sitting with a stack of his prints,
shuffling through them, and then holding one up for the camera and grinning.

Fine stuff.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerry Walden" <gwpics@googlemail.com>
To: "QT topic 27-QthSWSuwEGUX" <qtopic+27-QthSWSuwEGUX@quicktopic.com>;
"LUG" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 10:55 AM
Subject: [Leica] HCB on TV


> I have just been watching a prrogramme about Henri Cartier Bresson on
> the Artsworld Channel, and if anyone has any doubt about his influence
> on this particular genre of photography they should watch this
> programme. The programme was called 'The Impressioned Eye'.
>
> Favourite quotes from the programme:
>
> "A photo is like the stab of a knife, painting is meditation";
>
> "When you hit the target there is not need to crop the picture"; and
> from Elliott Erwitt:
>
> "Pictures .... come and bite you."
>
> I am now looking for the programme on DVD if anyone has any information.
>
> Gerry
> --
> Gerry Walden LBPPA
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>
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