Shoe-leather or camera?

Just attended a discussion with Philip Jones Griffiths this evening. Apparently Cartier-Bresson had once told him that you should spend more on shoe-leather than on your camera. A very good point, I thought at the time, and a classic Bressonism. Then I thought: “they’d have to be some pretty expensive shoes”.

A really great evening, by the way. The man is a one-off. Cheers, PHC.

by Paul Hardy Carter at Thu Jan 24 22:46:15 UTC 2008 (ed. Mar 21 2008) London, United Kingdom | Bookmark this | Digg this |

PJG is having some health issues, so I’m really glad to hear that he’s up and around. How’d he seem health-wise? Great HCB quote btw. Also, I’d heard that PJG was/is less than enthusiastic about some of the newer Magnum nominees. Did he have any comments about that subject? I believe he can be a bit prickly about the subject.

by John Robert Fulton Jr. | 25 Jan 2008 17:01 | Fort Worth, Texas, United States |

He did refer to Magum photographers who shoot “out of focus and with a crooked horizon”, a style he clearly dislikes. I have heard him say elsewhere that one needs a nausea pill to look at certain parts of the Magnum website.

His health is clearly not great, but the wit and charm are in good shape! And he still cares so much about the world , and his work. Cheers, PHC.

by Paul Hardy Carter | 26 Jan 2008 12:01 | Monte Pego, Spain |

hehehe, that’s a good one… maybe when i publish my next book i’ll include a tiny pill with it with instructions as not to see the book before half an hour has passed following the ingestion of the antiemetic. Having said that i too hate crooked horizons.

by Peter Klesken | 28 Jan 2008 01:01 | NYC, United States |

Marc Riboud said the same, you need a good pair of shoes first.

by Fabien Penso | 30 Jan 2008 21:01 | Paris, France |

RIP Philip.

by Paul Hardy Carter | 21 Mar 2008 09:03 | Monte Pego, Spain |

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