On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:51:36 -0600, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I wonder how many 4x5s Karsch shot on any given subject? > I may be murdering my own argument...... > > William Robb > Certainly more than one or two. I saw a doc on him last year, which showed him in session. His assistant flipped and/or changed magazines (or whatever they're called) fairly often, while Karsh amiably chatted with his subjects, putting them at ease, apparently not paying attention to what he was doing, all the while, squeezing his little airbulb (or whatever it's called), snapping away. Several of his subjects were interviewed, and all mentioned that he so put them at ease with his conversation, that they didn't even realize that he was shooting all the while, even though studio flashes were going off. I know I've mentioned it here before, but that doc mentioned that anyone could go in off the street for a portrait at his Ottawa studio. He charged the same as any other portrait photographer in town. Sure would have been cool to have a Karsh of me hanging on my wall... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
