Re[2]: Henri Cartier-Bresson

2002-04-24 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, I think those shots, all from the early 1950s, were made with a pre-production, experimental Leica M3. It has long been Leica's habit to have Magnum photographers test them, and recently Klaus Bjorn Larsen tested the M7 for them. Some of Elliott Erwitt's contacts from the time show the same

Re[2]: Henri Cartier-Bresson

2002-04-23 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, this question came up a few weeks ago and I sent a list of books with some of my own thoughts about them. I no longer have the post, so I'd be grateful if anybody who's saved it could repost it. ALso, isn't the decisive moment at the heart of good photojournalism? People have read too