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Subject: [Leica] The Worst Photograph Ever Made?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu Feb 26 14:11:41 2009

"n 1924 he married Courtney Crawford, a librarian, and moved into her home
on Hollywood Blvd. This is also the address of his studio that he maintained
in Hollywood from 1925-1931.(9) In 1926 he worked for Cecil B. DeMille on
the King of Kings, shooting all the stills with a small format (3-1/4" x
4-1/4") camera during filming (this is purported to be a first, since most
still work was done using a large format camera posing the actors after
filming had ceased). Also, during this time (1925-1931) he began to enter
and show in photographic salons both here and abroad. His work was published
in Photograms of the Year, American Annual of Photography, Vanity Fair, the
Los Angeles Times, and others."
http://www.thescreamonline.com/photo/photo06-01/mortensen/commandtolook1.htm
l

He was a photographer.
Might have used a pencil a lot for a lot of stuff.
But he was a photographer.



Mark William Rabiner



> From: George Lottermoser <imagist3@mac.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:21:04 -0600
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Worst Photograph Ever Made?
> 
> Actually, they're 'drawings'
> ;~)
> William Mortensen was a master with a pencil on the negative.
> Doubt anyone ever did it more or better.
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> On Feb 25, 2009, at 9:25 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> These are paintings, not photographs, so they do not qualify.  ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> Gene
>> 
>> 
>>   -------------- Original message from "Ken Carney"
>> <kcarney1@cox.net>: --------------
>> 
>> 
>>> Not even close:
>>> 
>>> http://www.homepagedaily.com/Pages/article6693-monsters-madonnas-
>>> looking-at-
>>> william-mortensen.aspx
>>> 
>>> or
>>> 
>>> http://tinyurl.com/as7456
>>> 
>>> Ken
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
>>>> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Greg Lorenzo
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 5:51 PM
>>>> To: Leica Users Group LUG
>>>> Subject: [Leica] The Worst Photograph Ever Made?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/
>>>> 2008/12/t
>>>> he-worst-photo.html
>>> 
>>> 
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