Humm? I have heard that shot was posed, but since you have seen the contacts I guess they were wrong. --graywolf
----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 6:13 PM Subject: Re: What your favourite photo? > It was Eisenstadt. I was wrestling with choosing that (along with many others!) > before I settled on Ut's photo of Kim Phuc. > > Interesting story about that one (my apologies to anyone who's heard this): > > Eisenstadt was just walking throughout Manhatten taking rolls and rolls of film on > VE Day, when he noticed this sailor walking ahead of him, grabbing and kissing > every woman he saw. He followed him for a couple of blocks, and when the sailor > grabbed this particular nurse, Eisenstadt took four photos of the kiss. > > He promptly forgot about that series of shots, and handed all his rolls into the > lab at the end of the day. The next day, his editor was rushed up to Eisenstadt, > congratulating him on the amazing shot. Eisenstadt had forgotten all about it! > > I've seen the other three shots that weren't used, and there certainly was > something about "the photo" that was missing in the others. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
