Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Faked it G Hopkinson wrote: >B.D. I have read the several posts with great interest, and now have the >facts straight on this one. Importantly, as you noted, I wasn't deriding >either Rosenthal's work nor the bona fides of the participants. >What the posts tell me is that the image of the second flag raising rightly >became a very powerful image in support of the just cause. > >Does anyone care to contribute regarding the Capa images that I mentioned? >I shall try to locate the reference to post for the story regarding the >damage to his D Day images. Also, I would be interested in any comments >regarding the Gen McArthur coming ashore reference. > >Cheers >Hoppy > >-----Original Message----- >Subject: Re: [Leica] Another famous photographer went > >Of course as Rosenthal said at one point, if the famous photo had been >"staged," he would have made damn sure that the five marines and one >corpsman were looking at the camera, so that he could id them left to right >and attach home towns...:-) > > > >On 8/21/06 3:38 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > > > >>I think Greg hit it right on the head and B.D. missed the boat a bit in >>his earlier post. It's been so long since I did any marching all those >>stories are foggy. And hell, I never marched that damned good any way. 8-) >> >>Walt. >> >>GREG LORENZO wrote: >> >> >> >>>>hoppyman@bigpond.net.au writes: >>>> >>>>Walt, regarding those particular fighting men, I seem to recall a >>>>documentary saying that the famous photo was in fact a restaging of the >>>>actual event, similar to Gen McArthur wading ashore more than once. I >>>> >>>> >see no > > >>>>cloned smoke clouds though! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Hoppy, >>> >>>The famous photo is the second one made that day by Joe Rosenthal. The >>> >>> >flag > > >>>used in the original photo was deemed to be too small so a second, larger >>>flag was obtained from an officer on a ship offshore for the 2nd iconic >>>image. In that sense it was 'staged' but this was done to enable both the >>>remaining Japanese and American marines fighting to secure the landing >>> >>> >strip > > >>>and remainder of the island to see that the US had taken Mt. Suribachi >>> >>> >before > > >>>they had in-fact 'secured it'. >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>Greg >>> >>> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >