I remember thumbing through that book. Quite a while ago I believe, but I could be wrong. It was fascinating. And it demonstrates that great shots are usually one of many.
Great pic of Marilyn! Thanks for posting it. Paul On Feb 4, 2010, at 9:00 PM, frank theriault wrote: > I had a few minutes between calls this afternoon so I popped into a > chain bookstore and wandered up to the photographic book section. I > pulled out a book called The Contact Sheet by Steve Crist. > > It was awesome! > > It took a look at some well-known photos (and some that I wasn't > familiar with) by some very well-known photographers. The > photographers talked about the individual photo and the shoot in > general. Accompanying each photo was the entire contact sheet from > that roll. > > Fascinating! > > I only had the chance to look through about 1/4 of the book, but of > that portion the highlight was Elliott Erwitt (one of my all-time > heroes) with his photo of Marilyn Monroe reading: > > http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_425142478_554036_elliott-erwitt.jpg > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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.
