Jim Marshall RIP

[maclaine]

Mr. Marshall's obituary is in Time magazine this week. Of course, he has a Leica around his neck. The picture of him has the fuzzy paper slide mount bordering it (like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickjoust/3136603227/), which I thought was interesting. In the last few years, I've noticed some magazines overtly calling out the use of film for their pictures, either with the black border and film code from the negative itself, or the rough black edges of a print made with a filed negative carrier, but I've never seen a slide mount border. I'm positive this was not a mistake.

Unfortunately, the image is not included in the online version of the obituary, but if you see the issue on the news stand (Steve Jobs is on the cover), check it out. It's in the first dozen pages or so.

 

[Nokton48]

Two new books have arrived at my place. MATCH PRINTS and MONTEREY POP. I love the photos, I'm very saddened that he's gone. What a life.

 

[matt335]

A huge loss yes indeed. I love his work so much. what a inspirational man !

 

[bob338]

did anyone else see the obit for Jim in Rolling Stone? they have a picture of him at Woodstock with 5 black Leicas around his neck. i didn't look too closely, but they all looked like m4s to me.

bob

 

[jan normandale]

I always wonder what "the rest of the story to be told" was for people like him. He saw so much and lived in the middle of so much that was not blocked by 'security issues' like we see today.

It would be good to listen to him talk with friends at a bar. Wish I was invited.

Godspeed to Jim.

 

[kermaier]

I hadn't been explicitly aware of Jim Marshall until The Online Photographer linked to his obit, and Ctein et al. posted reminiscences. Prompted to investigate, I finally knew who had created all those great, iconic images of the last 4 decades. Does it make sense to mourn the loss of someone unknown until he's gone? Dunno, but it seems I do.

I just got Jim Marshall's wonderful first book "Not Fade Away", and it makes me want more.

Requiescat in pace.