RE: [Leica] "This is Our Work" thank you

[jon honeyball <jhoneyball@woodleyside.co.uk>]

Ted

I looked at your website for this book -- is the book still available,
because I would like to purchase a copy

Jon

- -----Original Message-----
From: Ted Grant [mailto:tedgrant@islandnet.com]
Sent: 08 October 1999 15:20
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] "This is Our Work" thank you


Good morning folks,,

I imagine some of you have no idea what you gave me at 4.30 a.m.! Starting
my day  reading your comments first thing! My goodness before the sun has
come up, you've made my day! :)  I can't thank you enough.

What you have given me in your assesments of "my work" is more than all the
money I could receive.

Please let me explain:

The book has always received postive feed back from the medical profession,
how it captures their daily lives, the pressures, the emotion and
exhaustion.

As one physician remarked, "In my 40 years as a physician, no one has ever
captured what we do like you have, it makes me proud I am a physcian!"

Another: "We are under such government and insurance pressure these days
to,"fix the patient" and get them back on the street at the least cost!
Many of us are under constant attack to cut costs, sometimes pressured to
the detrement of the patient."

Another:
"What your book has done gives me faith in what I do is still an honourable
profession, dedicated to the human beings entrusted to my care.."

"When the day is done and I'm beat from bureaucratic frustrations of trying
to care for my patients, I come home, pour myself a relaxing drink, turn
the pages and let your pictures take me back to when we could truly do "our
work" without the constant whine of costs!"

These are but a few of the many from the medical profession as it's
illustrated in he book.

But the comments so far from LUG members as they receive their copies, is a
completely different assestment:  "It's about my work as a photograher!"

Now we are talking about "our profession or hobby, yours and mine, not the
medical side."

In the past the few photographers who purchased, it was seen as a "medical
book" and not a photographic book one might learn from. Now what is
happening from LUGGER's is the photographic recognition of my ability as a
photojournalist.

So these past few days have had very emotional moments for me, as I read
the accolades from my peers.  They are my vindication to years of
dedication to my craft, weren't invain!

The heart break and pain of the publisher running off with $40,000 dollars
of my royalties is eased by, you my peers, and your assesment of "This is
Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler."

And if it weren't for the Leica tools, M & R,  the unique lenses that
allowed me to constantly shoot without "twinky light disturbance!" I know I
wouldn't have had the success in capturinng "real life as you see it!" and
what I was motivated by is what went on film!

It doesn't matter whether one is starting out or doing it a long time, we
all need that little "pat on the back" once in a while. It's good for the
heart and soul when your life is dedicated to capturing images on film!

Thanks folks for bearing with me and the wonderful caring comments offered!
This LUG is truly one of a kind and the people in it are truly something
else!

Kindest regards,
ted



Ted Grant
This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant