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Subject: [Leica] Barcelona Old Area--Jim Shulman and HCB
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 07:21:39 +0530
References: <BANLkTikNXdqnKxe_dK1Zm0Mevb86E89dWA@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTinf_mpwqzJQBOM45tWaHTF4NvK2mw@mail.gmail.com>

I have quite a few of his books, but not the one with the Matisse cover. I
was really interested in getting a copy (I love Matisse as well) till I saw
the prices!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 4:11 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Craig you mean like HCB for Kindle!!??
> I looked and sadly Amazon cannot help ;-)
> I did get a pleasing if modest little printed book of some of his
> photographs in the Aperture series on masters of photography though.
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
>
> *Life's not black and white, except at both ends*
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>
> On 28 May 2011 01:15, Craig Semetko <csemetko at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, that IS a lot of money--does anyone know if there's some way one
> could
> > read the text of the book without having to buy an original copy?
> >
> > The Decisive Moment PDF or something??:)
> >
> > craig
> >
> >
> >
> > That costs a lot of money...
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The Simon & Schuster English language edition of "The Decisive Moment"
> > >
> > > http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=<
> >
> http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=2084257471&searchurl=kn%3Dcartier-bresson%26tn%3Dthe%2Bdecisive%2Bmoment%26x%3D0%26y%3D0
> > >
> > 2084257471
> >
> >
> &searchurl=kn%3Dcartier-bresson%26tn%3Dthe%2Bdecisive%2Bmoment%26x%3D0%26y%3D0
> > > has the same Matisse cover as Images a la Sauvette.  The printing in
> this
> > > version is also excellent, but all versions of this book have awfully
> > > fragile binding.  I was distraught when mine fell apart.
> > >
> > > Marty
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Lluis wrote:
> > > > I think remember that "Images ? la
> > > > sauvette" is much more hard to find and expensive than the English
> > > > edition "The decisive moment", I think that only the French edition
> > > > has the nice cover by Matisse
> > > >
> > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/shihlun/431235514/
> > > > ============================================
> > > >
> > > > I think that's right, Lluis.  The Memphis photographer Wm. Eggleston
> > > showed
> > > > me his copy back in 1968 and I recall the Matisse cover.  He was
> struck
> > > by
> > > > the gravure printing and tried to achieve a similar look in his early
> > b/w
> > > > photos.  I tried too, but with less success. ;-)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Phil Swango
> > > > 307 Aliso Dr SE
> > > > Albuquerque, NM 87108
> > > > 505-262-4085
> > > >
> >
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Replies: Reply from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] Barcelona Old Area--Jim Shulman and HCB)
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Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Barcelona Old Area--Jim Shulman and HCB)