RE: [Leica] Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:36:59 -0500

[Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>]

B.D. was gracious enough to give us each a copy of this brochure at the
Boston LUG session on Saturday.  What he didn't say in his message is that
the pictures are gorgeous, portray the full emotional range of illness and
cure and failure,  and are very moving; not the normal hospital happy face
propaganda.  He got more than his $25,000 worth out of that job.

	Buzz Hausner

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	B. D. Colen [SMTP:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
> Sent:	Monday, February 22, 1999 2:57 PM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	RE: [Leica] Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:36:59 -0500
> 
>  Not long ago I had a discussion with local children's hospital
> about doing photos for ads.  As we worked through things they finally
> said, we are a hospital and don't really have money for this and it is a
> good cause.  I pointed out the window at a parking lot full of Mercedes
> and BMWs and asked if I brought in one of my daughters whether the staff
> would do the service for free.
> 
> That ended that negotiation.
> 
> A few years back, when I was Director of Communications at a nationally
> known cancer research institution and hospital, I hired a very high
> profile
> documentary photographer to spend 10 days shooting what ever he wanted to
> to
> give us a special publication that would show people what the institution
> was all about.
> 
> I stressed to the photographer in question that we were a non-profit, and
> yadah, yadah, yadah...He gave us a "discount," and only charged $25,000
> plus
> expenses...
> 
> What he also did, which I think says it all....He had to come back for an
> extra day to get shots in our clinic, for which he charged us a reduced
> rate
> of $1500. While there he met and shot a family that was obviously in dire
> financial straits - and he sent them a check for his entire fee for the
> day.
> And, in my opinion, that was exactly where his charity belonged, rather
> than
> in the institution's pocket.
> 
> And, by the way, the $25,000 really strained my budget, but it was worth
> every penny...