Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Saw it on the "big screen" at the MFA in Boston....eh..... On 3/12/06 12:48 PM, "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: > 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 >> Web: www.gwpics.com >> Web2:www.gwpics.thephotohq.co.uk >> Tel: +44 (0)23 8046 3076 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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