tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post3449273896147704945..comments2023-12-29T19:25:59.927-05:00Comments on We're Just Sayin: Trang Bang: 40 Years LaterIris&Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131960635510843593noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-72253823251111211342012-06-13T11:44:54.539-04:002012-06-13T11:44:54.539-04:00Great piece David. I just don't see the same ...Great piece David. I just don't see the same quality of "moment" shots today as we saw from you and your peers. Do you feel the same way?<br /><br />EricEric Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139294677098327969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-34635631446401905532012-06-13T00:18:46.246-04:002012-06-13T00:18:46.246-04:00DB: What a great post. Photography has always ab...DB: What a great post. Photography has always about capturing the moment. That image did that. Back in the film days we were faced with challenges digital photographers will never understand. Many times it was days or weeks before we knew what we had. It is really hard to believe it has been 40 years. On that day I was further up Route 1 in the city of An Loc. I was the first photographer "allowed" into An Loc. I worked for MG Hollingsworth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930334897372799328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-83890383309413979622012-06-08T09:49:31.019-04:002012-06-08T09:49:31.019-04:00DB: re "When I reflect on that day, my cleare...DB: re "When I reflect on that day, my clearest memory is the sight, out of the corner of my eye, of Nick and another reporter, upon realizing what had happened, beginning their run down the road towards the onrushing children."<br /><br />Kinda gives me my own flashback to the LA '84 Olys, when Mary Decker fell. I was further down near the finish line when she fell, and just started hauling arse up the infield towards her. By the time I got there she was still on the ground, and I shot wide & tele shots of her crying etc from pretty close. Not bad. Then I saw your photos the next day or soon after from across the track. Uff da! Right place, right, time and READY to nail it, and you did. Bravo. Great shots, long lens, nice sequence. <br /><br />You describe your Trang Bang day with grace and humility. I'm sure it was a a hard pill to swallow at times, but it can, and probably has happened to every film photog (damn Leicas!), Thanks for sharing the story, and I am happy your are hanging with Kim and Nick on some of these anniversaries!Patrick Downshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11208536954369542911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-63524978615350412912012-06-08T09:31:09.232-04:002012-06-08T09:31:09.232-04:00Two thoughts:
I always suffered from "film ...Two thoughts: <br /><br />I always suffered from "film fear" in those days: the absolute conviction, until seeing the processed negatives, that something had gone horribly wrong and I had no picture, even though I knew I had exposed it correctly. I thought it was simply as symptom of personal insecurity, until standing at the Preakness chatting with other photographers, I discovered that they all had the same feeling.<br /><br />Secondly, I enjoy pointing out to people that there is TV footage of both Trang Bang and the moment from Tet when Eddie Adams made his Pulitzer winner. They are always surprised. There's something about that frozen instant...BKYounghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618787756218415798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-1690693397528745482012-06-08T08:41:33.340-04:002012-06-08T08:41:33.340-04:00A great and poignant column of a time and with cir...A great and poignant column of a time and with circumstances most of us aging PJs recall with a longing.<br />Thanks, DavidDavid Allen Hutsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-75085253876875018872012-06-08T01:44:32.811-04:002012-06-08T01:44:32.811-04:00Very nice, David. That is why you are who you are,...Very nice, David. That is why you are who you are, and that you've been where you've been... SkipUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384457362211159731noreply@blogger.com