FPjohn
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NYT American Girl in Italy
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lynnb
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Thanks for that. It's a famous - and fabulous - photo; good to read the back story.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
How do you get rid of that NYT ad covering most of the photo? I see no X to click it out.
PaulDalex
Dilettante artist
I am Italian, I was born in 1945 and live in Rome.
I perfectly remember seeing these kind of scenes so many times. It was typical.
But assure that in 1951 there was absolutely no danger involved. It was a sort of a Joke. Some whistles some compliments (Che bambola!=what a doll!) and that was all.
Today is a whole different story. There are hundreds of thousand illegals immigrants, some are extremely dangerous (recently a girl was killed and torn in pieces) besides our own outlaws
I perfectly remember seeing these kind of scenes so many times. It was typical.
But assure that in 1951 there was absolutely no danger involved. It was a sort of a Joke. Some whistles some compliments (Che bambola!=what a doll!) and that was all.
Today is a whole different story. There are hundreds of thousand illegals immigrants, some are extremely dangerous (recently a girl was killed and torn in pieces) besides our own outlaws
davidnewtonguitars
Family Snaps
I love articles (and photos) like this. A few years ago this photo was highlighted and the back story explained.
I think it shows the "delicate problem" of Photojournalism.
A photographer can make a photograph say anything that he wants it to, and the thousand words a photo can say are sometimes lies.
In the case of this photo, no harm is really done either way, but it points in a light way to a warning.
I think it shows the "delicate problem" of Photojournalism.
A photographer can make a photograph say anything that he wants it to, and the thousand words a photo can say are sometimes lies.
In the case of this photo, no harm is really done either way, but it points in a light way to a warning.
Huss
Veteran
I like the pic of Ruth Orkin hanging out of a window holding a chrome meterless Nikon F2. That lens? 50 f2? 1.4?
Huss
Veteran
One take away - look at how nicely people used to dress!
davidnewtonguitars
Family Snaps
I thought the same. If I'm going to be grabbing my crotch in a photo, at least be dressed nice.
Huss
Veteran
Nothing like doing that while wearing a fine Italian linen suit.
daveleo
what?
PaulDalex
Dilettante artist
To put the story in proper perspective I found this article useful:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.38363ef4e578
BTW she married a friend of one of the guys on the Lambretta.
Among the many interesting info:
“I wouldn’t say the picture has changed my life but I’ve had so much amusement from it over the years,” Mrs. Craig wrote in the Guardian in 2015. “And more free meals at Italian restaurants than you’ll ever know.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.38363ef4e578
BTW she married a friend of one of the guys on the Lambretta.
Among the many interesting info:
“I wouldn’t say the picture has changed my life but I’ve had so much amusement from it over the years,” Mrs. Craig wrote in the Guardian in 2015. “And more free meals at Italian restaurants than you’ll ever know.”
robert blu
quiet photographer
It has always been a good photo, even more seen now in such different epoch. Interesting story behind it, thanks FPJ for pointing us to it.
robert
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