David Douglas Duncan RIP

[chambeshi]

Considering it was David Duncan more than anyone, who brought Nikon to the attention of the West, I would argue tributes to this remarkable man life are appropriate here

"When Mr. Duncan visited Japan as a Life magazine photographer in 1950, he came to discover the outstanding performance of NIKKOR lenses. This eventually led to opportunities for both the names of Nikon and NIKKOR to be recognized all over the world. For this, we are indebted to him." 
https://www.nikon.com/news/2018/0608_info_01.htm

An excellent obit: - “Without a word she took me by the hand,” he said. “We went past a goat called Esmeralda on the stairs, through a sitting room with a couple of sketches on the wall, through a dark corridor and there was Picasso, just sitting there in a bathtub..... Using a custom-built, silent-shutter camera to avoid bothering the artist, Mr. Duncan captured Picasso painting, dancing in his underwear, jumping rope with his two young children and playing with Mr. Duncan’s pet dachshund, Lump. The dog ended up living with Picasso for six years and was featured in 15 of his “Las Meninas” paintings, reworkings of a piece by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez.”   

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/david-douglas-duncan-photo-nomad-who-captured-war-and-picasso-dies-at-102/2018/06/07/8b8fb84e-6a93-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.830be8b0492e

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/obituaries/david-douglas-duncan-102-who-photographed-the-reality-of-war-dies.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUvHAa1M7D4

http://blog.joemcnally.com/2017/06/14/an-extraordinary-gentleman/

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RIP...

[Hugh_3170]

Thanks for these links.  What a life and what respect from DDD to Nikon and from Nikon to DDD.