What lenses did Doisneau use

[Beniliam]

Well, I add more images:

1st. Mademoiselle Anita. In this image, we can see Doisneau on the right corner. We can imagine how he photographed in these places...

I add too two ´unknown´ images, at least for me of Doisneau.

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Off topic.

Yes, Nico, I found the comic in this page 🙂

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Thanks Pesphoto for your words. 😉

 

[CONNOR MJ]

Thanks Beniliem for these shots,the picture of Anita is fantastic simple and not posed or staged.I think the lesson is it takes a bit of both to win in photography
IE when you have to get a result stage it but when off duty find the art.

 

[CONNOR MJ]

Here's a couple [already mentioned]

and #3 :Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville

Thanks Bob, I don't know where you got this photo but i'm sure there is a story behind it.Amazing to see the original keep in touch matt connor.

 

[Beniliam]

Pitxu,

I think you are correct when you said: they were working together. There are a silent pact, a tacit agreement, and the photograph, with this idea, work. This is not bad, or unfair, have too a great difficulty, and not was only Doisneau the unique french photograph that work of this way. For example, Brassai in his famous Bijou image did too at least three images, and Cartier Bresson, have too a lot of portraits with this approach.


Cheers 🙂

 

[Marc-A.]

Doisneau regularly asked people re-enact things that were impossible to "grab" with his rollei.

True. He has never made it a secret. And a lot of photographers do the same while they don't admit it. Anyway, a great picture is a great picture, as Pesphoto said.

By the way, I am interested by the question "which lenses did X use?"
Instead of starting a new thread, may I ask here:
which lenses did Koudelka use?

About Koudelka, I know he used a Rolleiflex for his early work at the Opera of Prague; I also know he used a panoramic camera (which one btw?) for his late work (his work for the DATAR French Agency, and of course for Chaos). But I wonder which camera/lenses he brought with him when he photographied the Romanian/Czech gypsies, Prague 1968, Ireland ... etc He used a wide angle, a 35 or more likely a 28/21 ... Leica? Which one?
Ray, maybe you know the answer 😉

 

[telenous]

True. He has never made it a secret. And a lot of photographers do the same while they don't admit it. Anyway, a great picture is a great picture, as Pesphoto said.

By the way, I am interested by the question "which lenses did X use?"
Instead of starting a new thread, may I ask here:
which lenses did Koudelka use?

About Koudelka, I know he used a Rolleiflex for his early work at the Opera of Prague; I also know he used a panoramic camera (which one btw?) for his late work (his work for the DATAR French Agency, and of course for Chaos). But I wonder which camera/lenses he brought with him when he photographied the Romanian/Czech gypsies, Prague 1968, Ireland ... etc He used a wide angle, a 35 or more likely a 28/21 ... Leica? Which one?
Ray, maybe you know the answer 😉

Here

http://www.artmedia.ch/porter/PHOTOGRAPHY/MEETINGS/Koudelka.html

it says he used a 25mm Zeiss Jena Flektogon for his early work, including the Moravia photos of the gypsies. BTW the link takes you to a nice little monograph and it relays an interesting little story on how this lens ended up with Koudelka - presumably it was bought by Jiri Jinicek, a critic and photographer, who had actually ordered a 35mm lens but was sent instead the 25mm. After his death Koudelka bought the lens from his widow.

There's also an RFF thread about Koudelka

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23825

where old member Hinius reports an encounter with the great man himself. Apparently he used a black Leica with a presph Summilux 35 and 'what seemed like' an Olympus OM.

 

[CONNOR MJ]

Well before today I had never heard of Koudelka,thanks telenous for all the info,
The super wide angle seems to work majic and is good to see used for this sort of
work.Has anyone else got anymore on Koudelka mattc