John Stewart - how could he that lucky?

[CameraQuest]

OK, imagine yourself with your new Leica, happily snapshooting away on your French holiday in Saint-Paul de Vence, the bohemian colony on the Cote d'Azur. You meet a friendly communist in a local bar and get invited to shoot Picasso one day, Matisse the next, and then get lab advice from Henri Cartier Bresson! Along the way you work for Harper's Bazaar in New York, taking iconic pics of Muhammad Ali among others.

Impossible you say?

Well read about our dreams becoming true for John Stewart.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34997417

 

[kxl]

Wow! Talk about the highs and lows of a well-lived long life!

Thanks for sharing, Stephen.

 

[Addy101]

John Stewart, not Jon Stewart

Nice write up about an interesting life in photography. TFS.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

It was very interesting to read. Thank you.

 

[raid]

Thanks for the information.

 

[lynnb]

What an interesting life! Thanks for the link.

 

[Keith]

I'd be very happy to have photographed some of the people Jane Bown photographed during her career.

 

[FrankS]

How could he be so lucky? 3 1/2 years in a prison camp? Maybe things just even out.