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Subject: [Leica] The Mexican Suitcase
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 15:49:31 -0800
References: <B9E06EB3-BB5D-4142-B4BA-B7C3FE81EEAD@gmail.com> <6154762B-943C-4F16-A4F7-E269770965BB@mac.com> <CAFuU78dy-JV9Oq7AZKskjv_ozrvVGyaG07LDAqbzwMd0oNQMPA@mail.gmail.com> <86FE5B78-40DA-4241-A88E-F323BD679831@gmail.com> <CAFuU78f4409x7ij8NY7Yq0QrLMP6pOE0C_yAQAnz-3JerQUEZw@mail.gmail.com>

Lew, is there a summary of what the "final" assessment of the soldier's
death? I thought it's still just we think vs. they think type of thing.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:

> True, true. It's difficult not to see his work in the light of the ideas of
> "truth" promulgated by modern photojournalism, yet, as you point out,
> there's a good deal of Brady's ideas of posing and composition going on in
> the service of a similar (perhaps editorial) ideal.
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at 
> gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Lew,
> >
> > I agree, the exhibition is a great response to the questions about the
> > Spanish soldier death, I have appreciate seeing the contact sheets that
> > Capa was reacting first at all for the moment, the following pictures he
> > has sometimes recomposed the image or improved the exposition, but
> > generally the first one ws the best even if it was not the best with
> > technical concepts only.
> >
> > cheers
> > Lluis
> >
> > El 06/12/2011, a las 21:57, Lew Schwartz escribi?:
> >
> >  I think the great promise of the "Suitcase" images was the hope of
> finally
> >> resolving the unsettling questions about Cappa's famous Spanish Soldier.
> >> Those questions have now been answered to the detriment of the great
> >> romance and promise of photo history, the publications involved, and
> >> Cappa's personal mystique. That said, the images are just ok, imo, the
> >> good
> >> stuff having been published long ago. Still, the show, which I saw at
> ICP,
> >> gives a good sense of the chaotic and day-to-day lives of the
> >> photojournalists covering the conflict for American publications.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com> 
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>  That's great Luis. I had the chance to see it in NYC.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Chris Williams
> >>> www.zoeicaimages.net
> >>> www.rebirthworkshops.com
> >>> 504-231-6261
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 6, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
> >>>
> >>> In the Barcelona's MNAC (Catalonia Art Museum) I've visited the
> >>>
> >>>> impressive exhibition  "The Mexican Suitcase", just a few ones of
> >>>> outside
> >>>> and inside the exhibition in my Blog:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://lluisripollphotography.****wordpress.com/2011/12/06/**the-**<
> http://wordpress.com/2011/12/06/the-**>
> >>>> mexican-suitcase-exhibition/<h**ttp://lluisripollphotography.**
> >>>> wordpress.com/2011/12/06/the-**mexican-suitcase-exhibition/<
> http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/the-mexican-suitcase-exhibition/
> >
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> or
> >>>>
> >>>> http://wp.me/pugnF-n8
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Saludos cordiales
> >>>> Lluis
> >>>>
> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.****org/v/luisrq/<http://gallery.**
> >>>> leica-users.org/v/luisrq/ <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/>>
> >>>> http://photo.net/photos/****lluisripoll<
> http://photo.net/photos/**lluisripoll>
> >>>> <http://photo.net/**photos/lluisripoll<
> http://photo.net/photos/lluisripoll>
> >>>> >
> >>>> Blog:  http://lluisripollphotography.****wordpress.com/<http://**
> >>>> lluisripollphotography.**wordpress.com/<
> http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/>
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>>
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