Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, Same request/question as with the tips: can I put these on my blog until you find a proper publisher? Cheers, Nathan Ted Grant wrote: > OK Crew the posted efforts of the past few days have evoked many > private and online "You've got to do a book responses!" > > A blog or other suggestions that have given me a great deal of > confidence just maybe there's a book after all and the first publisher > was wrong in turning it down. > > > > I thought this might be a kind of opening piece. > > > > Now it's my turn to ask. Comments and critiques? > > =========================================== > > > > Real Photographers Shoot BW: some times colour. > > > > Or "I'm an Endangered Species." > > > > Why this book? Well, I'm basically the sole survivor of Canadian > > photojournalists from the 50's and '60's who's still shooting in 2006. > > Many from that period have gone to the big dark room in the sky or just > > retired to easy living in the country -- So, at 77 years of age, that > makes > > me an endangered species! > > > > Some photojournalists disgruntled that time passed them by, long for the > > good old days of photojournalistic rotogravure sections and picture > > magazines we no longer see published. Oh sure there are magazines, but > > they are the "one picture tell all" illustrations and rarely ever use > more > > than two pictures to a story. No longer do we see 6 - 8 or 10 page > spreads > > of in-depth photography for a photo-essay on a single subject. > > > > When my first picture was published in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper on > > September 17, 1951, little did I know 56 years later I would still be > > taking pictures with the same passion that started my career. Probably > with > > greater passion to-day realizing I'm quickly coming to the final frame on > > the roll. > > > > Photography has taken me to many countries around the world and given me > > experiences that fall into "truth is stranger than fiction." There have > > been good, bad and ugly assignments, some successful others just a tiring > > experience of frustration. > > > > Would I change it? > > > > Not really! A few things though, more rest between assignments for > one, but when > > younger you are invincible and there are too many places to go and > > things to shoot. The telephone rings and even though you are dragging it > > matters not when you hear, " Can you get a plane down to Bermuda in the > > morning and meet our writer there?". The adrenalin is pumping in seconds > > and off you go like a filly in a race, "Tired? Not me I'm outta here!" > > > > Not to become angry when the weather or some other situation is > completely > > beyond my control. In reality I should have sat back, relaxed, had a > drink > > and just rolled with it. I used to lose a lot of sleep over totally > > uncontrollable things, but time tempers those feelings and to-day it's, > > "what you can't control, you don't sweat" > > > > The stories and anecdotes of the "times of Ted" will leave you wondering, > > "is it possible for one photographer to have this many experiences?" > > Honestly, yes it is and then some! > > > > For me, time has never stood still since the taking of my first > photograph > > and hopefully it won't, until the last. And when asked, "When are you > > going to quit or retire?" I jokingly respond, "My retirement date is > > September 17, 2021." That will be the 70th anniversary of my first > > published picture and I'll only be 92! So that seems a reasonable time to > > consider relaxing. > > > > Now, if I can only get my body to agree to that date. . . > > > > The book's open folks, come on in and start your odyssey through my world > > as a photojournalist. > > > > > > > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > 1817 Feltham Road > Victoria BC V8N 2A4 > 250-477-2156 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog