[Leica] Have you all read peter miller's book?

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Kyle Cassidy asked:
Subject: [Leica] Have you all read peter miller's book?


>>>> (actually, I'd kill to know what he DID say)<<<<

> Have I plugged this awesome book written by lugger peter miller lately? I
> just looked at it again today, and it's simply marvelous:
> > http://www.sightphoto.com/sightphoto/miller/
>
> > Miller, a vermonter, jumps in a car, drives to the great plains and 
> > knocks
> on doors saying "howdy there, I'm from vermont. I'd like to meet people 
> and
> take their pictures" -- (actually, I'd kill to know what he DID say) and
> came home with a very intimate collection of photos of people in and 
> around
> their houses. Simply ... Fantastic. Buy it. Now.
> > I was trying to put together a web page of luggers with books before. 
> > Maybe
> I should get back to that.

Hi Kyle,
Not to answer what Peter may have said or not. But it's pretty close to what 
we Canadian photographers said when we worked for the National Film Board of 
Canada in the production of the magnificent book celebrating our friendship 
as neighbours in celebrating the 200th anniversary of the United States of 
America.

 An absolutely fantastic book... "Between Friends. Entre ami."  It cost over 
$1,000,000 to produce and we presented free copies to every library in the 
USA, every school and university library. As well as every elected member 
from the President down. As well as many other locations long forgotten.

It was a token of our friendship from Canadian's to American's. It was a 
wonderful birthday gift indeed.

We shot along the border from the east coast to the west coast on both sides 
of the border within 200 miles on either side. And basically all we did was 
say something like... "Hi the Canadian government is producing a birthday 
present from the people of America to celebrate your 200th anniversary, And 
we were treated like kings with cameras. :-)  We were welcomed into all 
kinds of homes, events, you name it as their was such a wonderful spirit the 
people of one country to the people of another.

If you can find a copy in a library I'm sure everyone will be very surprised 
what we as Canadians produced for your 200th birthday! :-) Actually I'm damn 
proud of it and that I was one of the photographer's who shot it.

It was incredible going from town to town, church events, schools the whole 
thing was a pure magic of friendship.

I think maybe we could say... "Let us all never forget that friendship!" 
Look at the book and see what I mean.
ted