----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sessoms" Subject: Re: RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!
>>> I suspect many people just missed the reference because he's so often >>> billed as "W.Eugene Smith". One of Life magazines most famous shooters >>> and responsible for some of its best known photos. >>> >> My parents never subscribed to it, so while familiar with the magazine >> LIFE, I wouldn't likely know much about photographers that pre-date me >> by half a century. I'm sure I've seen his photos though. > He was the *other* photographer on Iwo Jima with the Marines in 1945 ... > the guy Rosenthal beat to the top of the hill. > I don't think W.Eugene Smith was even there. I've never seen him mentioned as part of that picture, which was, for all intents, a staged propoganda shot, being the second flag raising done that morning on Mt. Surbachi. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
