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Subject: [Leica] Being a fly on the wall
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:26:56 -0500
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On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> I If you look
> at the street photography of Cartier Bresson, for instance, since the
> thread
> started there: in my opinon you will see a shy and quiet and retiring
> photographer: he's devastatingly observant and smart but he's never all
> that
> close. (Paris Comment, you might call him) (pronounce it with a strong
> French accent... never mind).  Cartier Bresson is contemplative, almost zen
> in mood, with every vision seeming deeply composed, even amid the changing
> forms of an urban street.


I watched a film doc with Henri shooting, and maybe he was showing off for
the camera, but he was hardly acting contemplative in his shooting; I was
impressed at how he was able to shoot the LTM camera, quickly wind the film
with an extended finger and shoot again.  It was almost like he was shooting
with a motor drive.

-- 
Regards,

Sonny
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