[rollei_list] Re: Photo of Press Photographers Using Rolleiflex's

  • From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:23:26 -0600

The only Weegee at work image I ever saw must have been early -- he was
holding a Speed and a screw-in bulb flash.

Peter Nebergall

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:54:11 -0800 "Richard Knoppow"
<dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>    I went to the Getty this afternoon to see the exhibit of 
> Weegee photos (worth seeing). There is also a smaller 
> exhibit of other press work. Among the pictures is one of a 
> group of Los Angeles press photographers dated c.1960. All 
> eight of the photographers who's cameras can be seen are 
> using Rolleiflexs although a couple might be some other TLR, 
> I think there is one Rolleicord. No Speed Graphics. One of 
> the photogs also has a 35mm camera around his neck. I can't 
> identify it for certain but it appears to be an SLR of some 
> sort.
>    All have potato-masher strobe flashes of some sort. These 
> are all major league guys, working for local papers or the 
> wire services.
> 
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> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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