I'm not sure whether or not she was a Leica user, but my guess is yes.

Link to the NY Times obituary http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/31/obituaries/31MORA.html

-- Luke Dunlap (luked@mail.utexas.edu), January 31, 2002

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Oh yeah, I forgot--she saved Audie Murphy from drowning once! Tough woman.

-- Luke Dunlap (luked@mail.utexas.edu), January 31, 2002.

I'm positive she was. I'm quite touched to hear of her death. She was Austrian born and the picture described in the NYT of Miller and Monroe on the set of "The Misfits" is a masterpiece. BTW, the whole recently published Magnum coverage of The Misfits' shooting is a splendid sample of BW Leica documentary photography.

-- Lutz Konermann (lutz@konermann.net), January 31, 2002.

She was a wonderful photograph er. Her photographs from the Misfits shoot are incredible. There's a great NPR interview with her here for those interested (Real Audio is required).

-- Richard (rvle@yahoo.com), January 31, 2002.

That must surely be one of the web's most unfriendly web site. Screw them.

-- (bmitch@home.com), January 31, 2002.

On the positive side, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, who did truly amazing street photography using a large format SLR (what does that say?) just turned 100. Anyone in LA should go to the Getty and see the exhibit of his work there.

-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), January 31, 2002.

I'm not sure whether or not she was a Leica user, but my guess is yes.

Not that it matters, of course, but yes she was a Leica user. As mentioned in another post, she did a series on "The Misfits", a few shots of which were included in Leica's "Magic Moments" world exhibition in 1994. According to the technical data she used M4 and 35/1.4.

-- Anon Terry (anonht@yahoo.com), February 01, 2002.

Hmmm...I think "The Misfits" was made in the early '60s, preceeding release of the M4. Not that it matters much. I think the Magnum photos from the production are actually better than the film itself.

-- Douglas Kinnear (douglas.kinnear@colostate.edu), February 01, 2002.

Yes, she used LEICA-cameras all her professional life. I attended the opening of an exhibition with her photographs about 10 yrs. ago and had the catalogue signed by her. She was a very friendly person and impressed a large audience with the way she led through the exhibit. She also refered to her camera, saying, that without the LEICA her kind of photography would not have been possible ...

Best regards

-- K. G. Wolf (k.g.wolf@web.de), February 01, 2002.

Forgot to thank Richard for providíng the two links. It is much appreciated. The NYT thing didn´t work from here.

Best wishes

-- K. G. Wolf (k.g.wolf@web.de), February 01, 2002.

In the Time magazine head and shoulders portrait beside her obit. this week, she is holding a black M3 body next to her face. Unfortunately, the negative has been printed backwards, so the Leica, which is very prominent in the picture (it is in the center of the shot) is mirror reversed. I can't image a photo editor at Time not spotting such an obvious mistake, but then Time is not what it used to be, and this is not 1960.

The news item does not seem to be in the online version of Time.

-- Mani Sitaraman (bindumani@pacific.net.sg), February 08, 2002.