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Audio of Weegee and Cartier-Bresson

Rare mp3s of Weegee and Henri Cartier-Bresson talking about photography.

Below you can hear Weegee talk about picture-making. It's interesting to hear his voice, which is one of those accents you don't hear so much in New York anymore: part Austro-Hungarian immigrant by way of the Lower East Side and part Elmer Fudd. Peter Sellers based his accent in Dr. Strangelove on Weegee's voice after Weegee visited Kubrick's set one day.

Yep, that's Strangelove, alright. (via conscientious)

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 22, 2009  •  Dr. Strangelove   henricartierbresson   photography   weegee

An examination and celebration of the Leica

An examination and celebration of the Leica by Anthony Lane in this week's New Yorker.

Asked how he thought of the Leica, Cartier-Bresson said that it felt like "a big warm kiss, like a shot from a revolver, and like the psychoanalyst's couch." At this point, five thousand dollars begins to look like a bargain.

Exploring the Leica web site after reading the article, I was intrigued to learn of Leica's á la carte program for customizing an MP or M7. Tempted... There's also a limited edition titanium M7 that retailed for ~10,000 euros.

By Jason Kottke  •  Sep 19, 2007  •  cameras   henricartierbresson   leica   photography

Related to yesterday's link about famous photography

Related to yesterday's link about famous photography in online forums, here's a classic Henri Cartier-Bresson getting rubbished on Flickr. "hard to tell at this size but is everything meant to be moving in this shot, all seems blurred".

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 28, 2006  •  Flickr   henricartierbresson   photography

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