Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bruce offered: >>> Slobodan, Ted, and any others, Hope this doesn't stop any of you from trying to get a grant. Persistance sometimes helps also.<<<< Hi Bruce, I've had one grant in 55 years as a published photojournalist and it was for the enormous amount of $1500. Canadian dollars. The project concept was as equally stupid as the amount of the grant. I was going to photograph the visual psychological effects of driving in a Canadian city in the winter. :-) Yep that's right and that was the title for the project application. And I got it! Like wow!!! Now anyone in their right mind knows that has to be as crazy as sky diving without a parachute! However, I gave it try in the howling blizzards and ass freezing 40 below zero weather and it was a total disaster! Not only can't you photograph someone in the fit of a blistering verbal scream at another driver as he slides through an intersection barely missing you, when you can't see the guy to photograph him through his snow covered windows. :-) Anyway it all went down the tube as a hopeless effort. However, I really gave it a good try to the extent I near ruined a couple of M4's and lenses that had to be repaired to the tune of slightly over $1590.00 Cdn. And the grant amount was? ;-) Grant's and the moron's who hand them out? A great big pox on them as it comes down to the same old system... who you know and it has nothing to do with one's ability as a photographer! Or worse, what the morons consider a worth while grant project. Like a biggy for them to hand out a ton of money for..... "" to shoot a series on the mating methods of the bong-bongo fly in lower slobovia during the 4th month of puberty!" Oh and definitely in fine art video-digital colour. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkk to hell with the grant givers particularly when it's tax payers money! Oh sorry I suppose I let off a bit of steam on how I feel about grants controlled by the twits who make the decisions who receives them. ;-) Of course my comments are a completely un-biased opinion in case there's someone out there reading this who'd like to grant me a very substantial amount to photograph the sands of Fiji during a Canadian winter and the nice feelings of knowing one is in Fiji when all yer mates are back home getting their buns frozen off. :-) ;-) ted