Erich Lessing, 95, Photographer Who Chronicled Postwar Europe, Dies - The New York Times
NYT obit of a photographer I’d never heard of. (There are MANY, of course.) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/obituaries/erich-lessing-dead.html?emc=edit_th_180908=todaysheadlines=543503450908 A couple quotes that got my attention: “I don’t interpret, nor do I adjust anything in the darkroom,” he continued. “I am a realistic photographer.” When he photographed Eisenhower, he recalled, many of his colleagues relied on their newfangled gadgetry while he patiently waited for an unanticipated opportunity. “I had my Leica and that was all,” he recalled. “I looked at them all and thought, ‘There is usually some hitch — when their film is being moved along, that will be when there’s an interesting picture to be taken.’ ” ——— Eric Weir Atlanta, GA USA “It has all been combustion.” - W.S. Sebald -- 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.
Erich Lessing, 95, Photographer Who Chronicled Postwar Europe, Dies - The New York Times
NYT obit of a photographer I’d never heard of. (There are MANY, of course.) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/obituaries/erich-lessing-dead.html?emc=edit_th_180908=todaysheadlines=543503450908 A couple quotes that got my attention: “I don’t interpret, nor do I adjust anything in the darkroom,” he continued. “I am a realistic photographer.” When he photographed Eisenhower, he recalled, many of his colleagues relied on their newfangled gadgetry while he patiently waited for an unanticipated opportunity. “I had my Leica and that was all,” he recalled. “I looked at them all and thought, ‘There is usually some hitch — when their film is being moved along, that will be when there’s an interesting picture to be taken.’ ” ——— Eric Weir Atlanta, GA USA “It has all been combustion.” - W.S. Sebald -- 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.
