[Leica] Eugene Smith, Charlie Chaplin, and 6 Leicas

[hewthompson at mac.com (Hugh Thompson)]

John - thank you for the summary and analysis.  Given what you wrote  
before about his lifestyle etc, now supported by Margery's comments,  
as to his emotional quirks, we can develop a better understanding of  
the man.  All of us know, as photographers, a little of what he felt,  
but to the extent that he did, it was obviously self-destructive.

 From the little I know of Charlie Chaplin
On 20-Feb-10, at 10:42 PM, John Edwin Mason wrote:

> After digging around in a couple biographies (and finding, among  
> other things, letters he wrote to his mother about the episode and  
> letters from Margery Smith, his lover and long-time companion), I've  
> got an idea or two:
>
> http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/john_edwin_mason_photogra/2010/02/eugene-smith-charlie-chaplin.html