Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lately, I've been thinking a lot about Ben Shahn, a man who loved his Leica. He's best known as one of the twentieth century's most significant painters. For about a decade, he was an important photographer. He owed it all to his buddy Walker Evans, who turned him on to photography, and to his Leica, often equipped with a right-angle viewfinder. Some photos from the '30s: http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/john_edwin_mason_photogra/2010/03/shahn-leica-right-angle-viewfinder.html http://bit.ly/d55Zkz --John ****************************** John Edwin Mason, Photography: http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com Charlottesville and Cape Town