Thanks, Rob. I'd never heard of her. I agree with you. She understands the medium.
Yes, she did seem to spend a lot of time keeping a low profile, perhaps because she held a pretty secure place within her newspaper and had no need for the publicity that other photographers might have found essential just to stay active in the industry.
But one thing seems to repeat itself over and over again: those who can weave magic with minimal fuss and equipment eventually do end up having a more valid portfolio of their life's work.
Not only do I see this in the newspaper business, where most all of the big names worked with basic but dependable equipment, but also in the fashion world too, where simple lighting and a lack of fussing about leads to the memorable shots whereas the overly complex pictures are instantly forgotten because they allow their own complexity and pyrotechnics to overwhelm the poor old subject.
You only have to look at Penn then or Bailey both then and today, to see they work/worked very simply; the many memorable shots are memorable because the frame was allowed to be dominated by the subject and not by the snapper's ego.
I guess most of us try too hard to be too clever.
Rob
