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schmoelzel
4th of August 2004 (Wed), 23:10
In case some of you don't know.....this GREAT photographer died in France of Monday. Many in the photo community regarded this man as the greatest photographer of all-time. He pioneered photo-journalism and made it what it is today. He relied on one Leica camera, always shot B & W, and never cropped a photo.

"He strived to capture what he referred to as "decisive moments" – those instants when the core of a person or event is exposed and everything else melts into the background. He did not use a flash, nor did he crop the images he captured. " (from CBC news)

Makes you want to capture one of these 'decisive' moments with our modern digital gear and maybe leave out the PS once in a while!

Big_B
5th of August 2004 (Thu), 02:26
Too true.