John Hudson <xyyc@xxxxxxxx> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:
> > >
> > >Thanks. It means very much to me that others get something out of my
> > >images.
> > >I have several of the Marine War Memorial, formally known as the Iwa Jima
> > >Memorial. I will create a separate page for them.
>
> Who took the famous photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima [which was
> rehearsed and staged for the benefit of the photographer].
No, it wasn't.
> The original
> flag raising was never photographed or if it was the photo has been lost
> to history.
When we last discussed this one year and two weeks ago, I wrote:
| That picture is by Joe Rosenthal. I have an interview with Rosenthal
| in front of me.
|
| He says he wanted to photograph the flag raising but that it had
| already happened. However, the marines' commander saw the flag they
| had raised and said "get a *bigger* one up there". The idea was to
| demoralize the Japanese resistance.
|
| So Rosenthal went with the marines who were raising the new flag. He
| was chatting nearby with another photographer when they started to
| raise it unannounced. He was lucky to snap a single shot.
|
| He says the reason for the dramatic pose is that it was *not* a normal
| flagpole. It was a 20 feet long piece of iron water pipe and *needed*
| six straining Marines to lift it off the ground.
|
| The interview is from issue 18 of "Better photography" (a quarterly
| Australian publication) and was by Peter Adams. This and other
| interviews can also be found in Mr Adams' book _A_Few_Of_The_Legends_.
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