[rollei_list] Re: Sammy Davis, Jr. and his Rollei

  • From: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:31:53 -0500

On 2/19/07 12:03 PM, "Stan Yoder" <s.yoder@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:

> Our local rag had a feature review yesterday of "Photo by Sammy Davis, Jr."
> Text by Burt Boyar,
> Regan Books, $49.50.
> 
> Apparently he started documenting his life/entertainer environment early with
> a Brownie. Later on
> Jerry Lewis gave him a Rollei TLR. A couple of pix from the book were
> included: Robert Kennedy, Judy
> Garland, and what seems to be a self-portrait showing Sammy with the Rollei
> (finger on the release,
> L-R reversed,) and Jerry.
> 
> Stan Yoder
> Pittsburgh
> ---
He was also well into Hasselblad and even had a Tele-Tessar f/8 - 500 mm.

Mark Rabiner
New York, NY

markrabiner.com


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