BBC: High society hairdresser's secret life as street photographer

[Ansel]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23994191

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

BBC: High society hairdresser's secret life as street photographer

"By day Victor Friedman was a high society hairdresser tending to Manhattan's moneyed matrons. But away from the salon patronised by the likes of Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, Victor spent his time in New York City's more down-at-heel locales pursuing his passion for photography."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23994191

ps. i spotted a Leica Minilux (zoom ?), a M3.... anyone else confirm the model ?

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

...or is that a contax t3 zoom ?

 

[Major Tom]

...or is that a contax t3 zoom ?

Looks like a T* to me off the top of my head. Although it looked gray, not so much champagne (unless they came in that color too).

And good lord you are fast, I was about to post it. Drat.

He definitely has some nice stuff. I wonder if he does digital at all, or has any online presence?

I'd love to get a haircut from him just for the conversation.

 

[zuiko85]

What a great story! I notices that most of the pictures they were showing were older ones. Seeing good photography like that makes me want to go out and shoot more. But truthfully, I have 1/100 the vision he has.

 

[Noll]

Great story - I enjoyed listening to it and seeing some of his work.

 

[Ansel]

His work looks very good indeed. Better than Vivian Maier IMO>

 

[Ming The Merciless]

I'm glad to learn about him. He seems younger than 83. I guess having a passion, as he does keeps one young. I like his work.

 

[tjh]

Great photographs and an interesting guy.

Tom

 

[ZeissFan]

See previous thread on the same topic:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=136338

 

[ZeissFan]

At least, this is a positive story about someone involved with the BBC having a secret (or not-so-secret) life.

 

[raid]

I was in the process of uploading this link too.
It is interesting.

 

[Ansel]

Heres his website:

http://www.victorfriedman.com/street_scenes_C.htm

http://www.victorfriedman.com

 

[Lauffray]

uhm where's the video you're all talking about, is it still on the BBC website ?

 

[agi]

I don't see a video either..

 

[raid]

The video is still on bbc.com, as the OP has listed.
This man sounds young from inside. Must be the photography, which he mentioned as food for his soul.

 

[agi]

Ahhh...it's not working on Firefox & Chrome. Use IE if you want to view it.

 

[raid]

I use Google Chrome, and it does work well for me.

 

[agi]

Yeah...it was my Ad-Block add-on that was preventing it from loading. Thanks Raid.

 

[agi]

Interesting guy. There are probably a ton of hidden gem photographers out there just like Victor. In San Francisco there are two that I see regularly - Maurice Edelstein & Vlad Panasenko.