I'll keep an eye open for that, but I can't buy any more books until I've bought a bigger house to put them in...
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Christine Aguila > Sent: 17 July 2010 19:42 > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: The Great Life Photographers--a book recommendation > > Having spent the last week reading page by page this lovely 605 page > book > published by Thames & Hudson (paperback 2009), I'd like to recommend it > to > PDML folks. Organized in alpha order, included is a brief biographical > sketch of 88 photographers who were on Life's staff and, of course, > photos > made by the photographer. > > So many of the photographers have passed away, which would follow given > Life's run from 1936-1972. The brief sketches do a great job of > revealing > the dedication and personality of the photographers, especially in > their > coverage of World War II. > > I'd like to share this brief biography of George Strock (1911-1977): > > " . . . Stroke joined LIFE and went off to the war in the Pacific. > Initially he cabled editors that he saw so little action he was ready > to > quit and open a peanut stand. Other photographers did leave, but > Strock > stayed on for the Battle of Buna, which cost more than 3,000 Allied > lives. > On that malarial New Guinea island, Strock scrambled along side the > soldiers. . . . At the time, censors banned showing any dead American > soldiers, but LIFE raised the point with the government, and FDR > himself > decided the public was growing complacent and should see some of the > reality; thus 'Three Dead Americans' ran in LIFE." > > I find that last bit about FDR very interesting. Cheers, Christine > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
