[Leica] Ted Grant, one of 12 Leica Users

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Thanks for the review, Steve. I have not yet received my copy, but I  
knew from the preview on Blurb that Ted had contributed those images.  
I am truly honored to have my 4 images in the same book as those.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On Jan 14, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:

> I would never be so presumptuous as to review Ted Grant's  
> images...but I do want to say something about them.
> Ted is one of 12 Leica Users in the book, by that title, that just  
> appeared. Ted's photo of the Sleeping Cowboy is on the cover, he  
> leads off the book, and he offers five of his celebrated, famous  
> images.
>
> So this is a short appreciation of Ted's images... by an amateur,  
> who is Ted's friend.
>
> The first of Ted's five leica images... Sleeping Cowboy in Bunkhouse/ 
> bw, cover and page 7...
> he sleeps, his boots on, under a window with radiant beams of  
> daylight entering a relatively dark room. The photo is shot across a  
> bunk bed toward the cowboy, and a cowboy hat is lying in the  
> foreground, right...prominent and illuminated. Other cowboys are  
> seen distantly in the background, around a table.  A great image,  
> tranquil and radiant.
>
> The second image, very famous, is Prime Minister David Ben Gurion of  
> Israel/bw...white hair, eyes sharp, serious, intently listening.
>
> The third image, classic and playful, is Prime Minister Pierre  
> Elliot Trudeau of Canada/bw, sliding down a banister, like a kid,  
> arms outstretched, unusual to say the least for a great political  
> leader.
>
> The fourth image, a classic, is Wild Horses, Alberta , Canada/bw...  
> racing across a dark horizon, under a dramatic sky highlighted by  
> low,dramatic, fluffy  clouds.
>
> The fifth, yet another famous image is Diver, Barcelona Olympics  
> 1992/color...  the diver, laid out, fully extended, form perfect and  
> floating high, is seen isolated, against the buildings of Barcelona  
> sprawling on the distant hillside.
>
> Truly great stuff, a hard act to follow for the other 11  
> photographers ...who do their very best to live up to this  
> challenge, showing  many differing subjects and styles, doing an  
> absolutely masterful job...
>
> Altogether, a quite magical collection of great images...by 12 of  
> our Leica photographers, edited beautifully by Geoff Hopkinson...
>
> my sincere thoughts....many thanks,
>
> Steve Barbour
>
>
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