easyrider
Photo addict
The October issue of Vanity Fair has a long article and photo spread on Roman Polanski. A double page spread shows him shooting with a screwmount Leica!
There is no mention of the camera in the lengthy and somewhat tiresome story. It looks like he is really using the Leica but who knows?
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/09/roman-polanski-interview
There is no mention of the camera in the lengthy and somewhat tiresome story. It looks like he is really using the Leica but who knows?
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/09/roman-polanski-interview
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nikonosguy
Well-known
yeah, he really gets the girls, eh?
Scrambler
Well-known
I suspect it's a reference to the film Roman Holiday, though I can't recall (and google doesn't seem to either) the camera/s used by Gregory Peck's photographer buddy.
Bill58
Native Texan
That news would make me wanna sell all my screw mount Leicas (if I had any).
ChrisLivsey
Veteran
He has history of using a Leica in his own movies:
http://blog.ricecracker.net/tag/roman-polanski/
Interesting point on the reflections I have seen referenced elsewhere but this is the only one with an illustration AFAIK
http://blog.ricecracker.net/tag/roman-polanski/
Interesting point on the reflections I have seen referenced elsewhere but this is the only one with an illustration AFAIK
John E Earley
Tuol Sleng S21-0174
He definitely has a history.
mfogiel
Veteran
Polanski graduated from the film school in Lodz. In these times, photography was surely an obligatory subject, and you had to learn the craft. Evidently, some passion has remained intact.
tunalegs
Pretended Artist
Adolf Hitler was also quite a fan of these cameras.
btgc
Veteran
Now discard all your German made cameras because of Hitler, American makes because of Hiroshima and Japanese because of Pearl Harbour. And Russian because of Stalin and NKVD. Not to mention British, Chinese cameras etc. Photographers can't be passive watchers!
Jani_from_Finland
Well-known
And we are left with Swedish (they too have something dark in the history and present)... All mankind is evil to someone, we've had several wars in this country in past 100y (as far away as Turkey and Japan, we have the memorial statues still), sometimes its better to go on. Some countries try to keep figthting, like US, some dont.
summar
Well-known
One should remember that Ernst Leitz was a dedicated anti-Nazi and did more than his part in the rescue of persecuted Jews. See this link:
http://www.kazantoday.com/WeeklyArticles/ernst-leitz.html
http://www.kazantoday.com/WeeklyArticles/ernst-leitz.html
someonenameddavid
Well-known
And that the head of Zeiss, being Jewish, was kidnapped by Nazis in the early 1930-s.
Racism imprisons four people: the racist, his child, the victim of racism and his child.
David
someonenameddavid
Well-known
thoughts
thoughts
And that the head of Zeiss, being Jewish, was kidnapped by Nazis in the early 1930-s.
Racism imprisons four people: the racist, his child, the victim of racism and his child.
David
thoughts
And that the head of Zeiss, being Jewish, was kidnapped by Nazis in the early 1930-s.
Racism imprisons four people: the racist, his child, the victim of racism and his child.
David
Rogrund
Antti Sivén
Jani_from_Finland
Well-known
That all nations have dark things in past and present time.Something dark in the present? What are you implying?
Rogrund
Antti Sivén
Yes, of course. I was just trying to be funny. Anyways, I was born Finland so I don't consider myself Swedish.
But I do own a Hasselblad.
cosmonaut
Well-known
As I recall Patton used a Leica.
kdemas
Enjoy Life.
He sure did. I have a photo book by him.
Al Patterson
Ferroequinologist
Did he use Leicas to take pictures of the young girl he raped? Why are we discussing this disgusting pervert anyway?
