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Subject: Re: Fw: [OM] OM vs. Leica
From: "John Hudson" <13874@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 04:14:54 -0400
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Fw: [OM] OM vs. Leica


> There is a documentary on the Iwo Jima photo that I saw relatively
> recently on TV. It included a revisiting of the island by participants
> and interviews with the photographer(s?) involved. As I recall, it told
> essentially the story John tells with lots of visuals.It includes both
> the movie and the series of stills.
>
> Moose
>
> > The True Iwo Jima Story:
> > The U.S. Marine Corps has the orignal B&W negative of the Iwo Jima
> > photograph, along with other stills made at the time from different
> > angles, and a reel of color motion picture film, all of the same flag
> > raising.  It was, however, the SECOND flag raising on the summit.
> > There are also still photographs of the first flag raising.  When the
> > admiral in command of the landing saw the small battle flag, he
> > ordered it replaced with a larger one so it could be seen better.
> > The famous photograph is of the second one.

As I said originally the "famous" photo is a staged event! The admiral
didn't like what he saw first so he arranged for another photo shoot and the
second time around he got  what he liked. This in contrast to those famous
photos from a later era which were taken at the spur of the moment and were
not re-run to satisfy the whims of the local admiral;  coming to mind are
the shots of the south Vietnamese policeman shooting the vietcong person in
the head with a pistol at point blank range, the young girl running naked
down the road after a naphalm bomb attack, and the one of the girl haunched
over an injured person after the National Guard turkey shoot at Kent State
University. In contrast to these three images, the Iwo Jimo flag raising
photo is most certainly a re-run on the original. If it is not, perhaps that
terrified young girl could have been asked to do a second run down the road
or for the policemen to have rounded up another miscreant for another pot
shot to improve the composition of the photo.

jh





  The motion picture film
> > and other stills show clearly that it was not staged or faked.  The
> > photographer's positioning and timing were impeccable.  The Navy
> > released the now famous photograph after reviewing the stills done of
> > both flag raisings.  One look through the Navy's archive leaves little
> > doubt as to why this particular photograph was chosen for release.  It
> > stands out among all of them.  All the others look bland by
> > comparison.  BTW, the photographer of the second raising ended up
> > working for the photographer of the first flag raising after the war.
>
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