Sam Haskins has done some very good photography in Africa. I'm not sure how to categorise it. Travel reportage perhaps, but it's quite interesting. I saw an exhibition of his fairly recent work in London 2 or 3 years ago.
http://www.haskins.com/AfrImge/AfrImg_p01.html He has some Pentax calendar photos on his website: http://www.haskins.com/PentaxCal/Pentax_01.html -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Andre Langevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 June 2005 21:47 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Most famous Pentax users ever > > Sam Haskins was long considered a reknown photographer using > Pentax but I'm not sure I would call him a famous > photographer. In my book he's a "pop" photographer. > > >Don't forget, back in the 60's, Spotmatics outsold all other > brands of > >35mm SLR - combined! Hard to believe, but true. There were lots of > >'em out there. > >frank > > And Pentax system ruled in the years just before the Nikon F > appeared. Even after, some nikoneers F-mounted some Takumar > fast lenses (notably the 200/3.5 & 500/4.5 lenses) - at least > some working at National Geographic. > > Andre > > > >