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#623: Amelia Davis owner and manager of Jim Marshall Photography LLC

Dean Delray's LET THERE BE TALK

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The Art of Self-Taught Photography

In 1959 he you know bought his first Leica camera which is all manual and it's one of the hardest cameras to learn on. He rarely used flash so he could go into a room a smoky you know jazz club and hand hold this camera and get these incredible photographs. I think that's what sets Jim apart from a lot of the other photographers is he it was just a part of him his camera so he didn't have to think twice. If you can shoot on the fly yeah you're gonna get some amazing stuff especially with a guy like Miles Davis who was really prickly  he'd be like come on man just fuck to take the photo you know exactly.

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