Burned Shoes
October 2011
170 posts
ANSWER FOR PHOTO QUIZ #3
The record I was talking about in Photo Quiz #3 was:
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends (Columbia Records, 1968)
Congratulations to Atane who was first, and also to 801d & Chagalov!
THE QUESTION WAS:
The cover of Kruder & Dorfmeisters first record ‘G-Stoned’ was a homage to a famous record-cover of the 1960s. Do you know which record I am talking about?
(see Photo Quiz #3)
Cover photo of Kruder & Dorfmeisters album ‘G-Stoned’ (left):
© G. Heller (oka lab), 1993, Portrait of Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, Vienna
Cover photo of Simon & Garfunkels album ‘Bookends’ (right):
© Richard Avedon, Mar. 1, 1967, Portrait of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, New York
(watch the original photograph HERE)
To quote Atane: “So easy”. Here’s the price for the winner, some music:
The Wiseguys - Too Easy
(POSSIBLE) ANSWER FOR PHOTO QUIZ #2
The photograph of W. Eugene Smith I was asking for in Photo Quiz #2 may possibly be this one (used for the cover of LIFE magazine in Oct. 20, 1947 / photo essay on folk singers):
My friend Chagalov (a research-genius) came up with very credible arguments that it’s the photo mentioned in the telegram.
Possible evidence:
+ Smith mentioned a “Little Girl” in the telegram
+ “…living without contamination of prettification for photographer.”
+ the camera settings could fit (4EM, F2, NEXT SHUTTER SPEED OVER HUNDRED)
+ a situation in which the copy had to be given urgently (thus: newspaper, magazine)
+ the telegram says “Child of Song” -> the LIFE cover says: “Listening to Folk songs”
Please let me know if you have any other suggestions! Hint: The picture must have been taken between 1945 and 1948 (Western Union President: Joseph L. Egan).
THE QUESTION WAS:
Does anybody know what photograph W. Eugene Smith is writing about in this telegram?
(see Photo Quiz #2)
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