And another one shuffles off to the darkroom in the sky

bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
edited March 28, 2010 in Street and Documentary
What a week - First Charles Moore, the great chronicler of the Civil Rights Era. Then, yesterday, we learn that Jim Marshall has made his last iconic image. RIP.
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2010
    Yes. It feels like the final ending of an era - for photography (he kept all rights to his photos - something that is becoming impossible for pros) and for music.

    Joe McNally wrote an interesting entry about Jim Marshall in his most recent blog.

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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2010
    I don't know what to say about this. It's a passing of an era, but it is also a lesson in humility. The willingness to bear witness, be there, not deny your role in the moment, is such a large part of being a photographer. Maybe even the essence.
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited March 25, 2010
    21 well known Jim Marshall pics here.
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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2010
    If you guys think B.D. seems cantankerous, read this obit on Mr Marshall.
  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2010
    B.D.'s a pussycat in comparison. :D I read about this yesterday. I bet he had great stories to tell.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2010
    michswiss wrote:
    If you guys think B.D. seems cantankerous, read this obit on Mr Marshall.
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    That is indeed a terrific obit. It really is nice to see an honest appraisal of someone for a change: Terrific photographer; producer of iconic images; chronicler of a special time; generous to a fault with friends; seriously chemically addicted; and often a totally crazed, mean, nasty, son-of-a-bitch who you were wise to steer clear of.

    I'll add my own, tiny, Jim Marshall nugget:
    In the late 90s when I was again getting serious about my photography and was mostly shooting film, I had read that he did most of his shooting with Tri-X rated at 800, which I was doing. So I sent him an email through his website asking him about developers. Lo and behold, I got a response, not from his 'keeper,' but from the Great Man himself, telling me exactly what I wanted to know, answering all my questions. He couldn't have been more gracious or generous.
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    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2010
    Deaths come in threes.

    Marty Lederhandler died, too.
    http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/6666154.php
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2010
    Andy wrote:
    Deaths come in threes.

    Marty Lederhandler died, too.
    http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/6666154.php

    And fours and fives and...

    The sad reality is that we are at a point in time when those photographers who were at the peak of their careers in the halcyon days of the picture magazines - LIFE, Look, Colliers, etc. - are reaching the end of the line. And those are the folks who had such an enormous influence on the next generation of photographers.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
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