Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/17

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Subject: [Leica] Doisneau
From: tcharara at mac.com (Tarek Charara)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:21:24 +0200
References: <CABmfTOWwO6rOgr36BCK6_CspU5zd6rjcAiap9MRhR23FaPTy2g@mail.gmail.com> <FF79A91F-51F3-440F-A7D2-144200E6BE8E@me.com> <4F8D775F.9080005@summaventures.com> <FAE8CF65-FA57-4BD4-86DE-96221238840D@me.com> <6120C3F5-C58C-4F18-BFFB-0581A6BFB010@mac.com> <186E9780-DEE6-4CA8-A541-89DD91CF8786@me.com>

Sieff! Oh oui? I think he influenced whole generations of photographers? His 
gritty, wide-angle fashion pictures are burnt in my mind. Leica and 
Super-Angulon - to be on topic?

All the best from Paris!

Tarek

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Tarek Charara
<http://www.tarekcharara.com>

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Le 17 avr. 2012 ? 17:15, Gerry Walden a ?crit :

> And how could I possibly overlook the wonderful work of Sieff?
> 
> Gerry
> 
> Gerry Walden
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> +44 (0)797 287 7932
> www.gerrywalden.co.uk
> 
> On 17 Apr 2012, at 15:10, Tarek Charara wrote:
> 
>> No fans of Edouard Boubat? Re: Doisneau: There's a free exhibition at the 
>> "Mairie de Paris" until April 28th? 
>> 
>> All the best from Paris!
>> 
>> Tarek
>> 
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> Tarek Charara
>> <http://www.tarekcharara.com>
>> 
>> NO ARCHIVE
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Le 17 avr. 2012 ? 16:03, Gerry Walden a ?crit :
>> 
>>> Peter
>>> 
>>> Ronis has been a favourite since I saw an exhibition of his in Oxford 
>>> many years ago, and Ribauld since I met him in London, and since I read 
>>> about him in the Magnum 'autobiography'. But then if I thought I was a 
>>> tenth as good as any of them I would be a very happy man!
>>> 
>>> Gerry
>>> 
>>> Gerry Walden
>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>> www.gerrywalden.co.uk
>>> 
>>> On 17 Apr 2012, at 14:59, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Gerry,
>>>> 
>>>> it's interesting to see the list in that order. I think perhaps Ronis 
>>>> first (but
>>>> that's personal)then Riboud and HCB neck-and-neck with perhaps Riboud 
>>>> edging it.
>>>> 
>>>> Peter
>>>> 
>>>> On 13/04/2012 15:55, Gerry Walden wrote:
>>>>> Marty
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for posting a reminder for his birthday, I will raise a glass 
>>>>> of red tonight in his honour. To me he was always one of the best, if 
>>>>> not the best. Willy Ronis and Marc Ribauld rank in there as well 
>>>>> together with, of course, HCB but probably in that order. I was 
>>>>> exhibiting in France a while ago and there they seemed to rank 
>>>>> Doisneau as the best and discounted HCB all together which rather 
>>>>> surprised me, having loads of Doisneau posters in the shops but not 
>>>>> even an HCB book. At the opening of my show I was very honoured to be 
>>>>> compared favourably to Doisneau (sorry about the boasting but I don't 
>>>>> get much opportunity).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gerry
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gerry Walden
>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 13 Apr 2012, at 15:33, Marty Deveney wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Robert Doisneau would have been 100 today:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.google.com.au/logos/2012/doisneau12-hp.jpg
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Robert+Doisneau&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=tDiIT5v_OoXXrQeytfSiCw&ved=0CEIQsAQ&biw=1341&bih=549
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I met him a couple of times.  I didn't know him well, but he was a guy
>>>>>> who could really tell you what photography was about.  His archive was
>>>>>> incredibly organised and he emphasized the importance of knowing where
>>>>>> every photo was, all the time.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Marty
>>>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> 
>>>> ===========================================================
>>>> Dr Peter Dzwig                             
>>>> 
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