Re: [Leica] URL of Ted's Trudeau pic

[Ted <tedgrant@home.com>]

"B. D. Colen" wrote:

> Ted - You are so wonderfully blase about the fact that not only could you
> give zillions of images to the National Archives and have them actually WANT
> them, but that they already had a Ted Grant collection within their National
> Photo Collection. Good God, man, stick out your chest, strike up the band,
> have a couple of Scotch.....!!:-)<<<<<<<<<<,

Hi B.D.
I may just have a couple seeing it's Friday and I've had a somewhat trying day
of trying to tame this mother of a new computer that has a mind of it's own,
like HAL out of 2001.

I thought, if this were a Leica, I'd have wrestled it to the ground and shot
twenty rolls of film by now! But the machine is constantly testing my patience
and it may never live to see another day. ;-) Or vise versa! ;-)

Aaaaaah but it's thanksgiving weekend with a soccer match to shoot tomorrow
morning, so I may just have one scotch, can't mess up my re-action time with the
grandson's game. ;-)

And the Archives? Well for me the nice thing is,  I know a number of kids will
learn what Canada and parts of the world were/are like when I'm buffaloing
prints in the big darkroom in the sky!

One has got to leave something for folks to see and learn from, otherwise what
has it all been worth?

ted








>
> B. D.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted
> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 12:24 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] URL of Ted's Trudeau pic
> >
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > Actually the photo was shot while doing a feature story on the leadership
> > campaign with writer Bob McKeown for WEEKEND magazine. In those days the
> > magazines always returned everything to the photog after publication.  And
> > if you did an exceptionally good shoot they paid a bonus. I got a bonus!
> > ;-)
> >
> > When I moved to Victoria I had such an extensive photo file from close to
> > 30 years shooting around the world, the movers wanted $10 G's just for the
> > files alone! So I turned it all over to the National Archives where they
> > had a Ted Grant collection within the National Photo Collection.
> >
> > I kept many key negs and slides, the Trudeau B&W one of them.  CP have a
> > number of my editorial B&W images as stock in CANAPRESS and
> > that's how they
> > had use of it. They called and wanted to know if I was OK with
> > them putting
> > it in the Trudeau obit picture package they we're assembling. Obviously
> > "yes!" And they paid me up front months ago. A good fee! ;-)
> >
> > Do I own the copyright ? Yep and CP have to check with me anytime they use
> > any images of national or international figures.  Can the Globe run the
> > picture again?  Yep, as long as they pay for it again and if they don't
> > .... lawyer time!
> >
> > I figure a book or two will be done yet and that photo will probably make
> > me more money today, than what I was paid for the original assignment in
> > '68. :-)
> >
> > So there we are me old son. Another TG tail of the past. ;-)
> >
> > Kindest regards,
> > ted
> >
> > MTomalty@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Mornin' Ted
> > > (afternoon if you've enjoyed a little to much single malt :>))
> > >
> > > Great pic of Trudeau!!
> > >
> > > I was curious as to how an image taken in '68 finds its way onto the
> > > Globe and Mail website in 2000.
> > > The credit line reads Ted Grant/CP.Were you working for the wire in
> > > those days ?? If so,and assuming that the Globe was a subscriber at the
> > > time,are they alowed to archive the pic in their files for future use.
> > > Hopefully compensation is due to the photog!!
> > >
> > > MarkT
> >
> >