Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/07

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Subject: [Leica] Arnold Newman
From: summicron at jam.rr.com (Frank F. Farmer)
Date: Wed Jun 7 19:40:40 2006
References: <4a8.1665201.31b7e7d5@aol.com>

I was waiting on this post ever sense I heard the story on NPR this 
morning on the way to work.  This guy was one who really attracted me 
to photography in the first place   Quite  a loss if you ask me.

Frank Farmer
Jackson, Miss.

On Jun 7, 2006, at 3:27 AM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:

> Andy Grundberg wrote an overview of Newman's career in the NYT. Newman
> remained a large format film photographer, working mostly in B&W, from 
>  what I've
> read.
>
> I have one of his books, One Mind's Eye (NYGS, Little, Brown, 1974), 
> in my
> library. His portrait of Robert Moses caught the imperiousness and ego 
> of the
> man. Newman made a PBS documentary about his life which showed him as 
> a film
> director on the set -- usually the subject's home.
>
> _http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/arts/07newman.html?8dpc_
> (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/arts/07newman.html?8dpc)
>
> Best,
> Bob
>
>
>
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