Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You qualify as a wonderful story teller Chris; whether using words and/or photographs. To express our experience with eloquence and heart a gift as well as a responsibility Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 10, 2010, at 8:57 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: > Thanks, George. My grandpa actually remembered who I was until the end, > even > though he forgot a lot of other family members, but it was still sad to see > him deteriorate like that. Years ago, he gave me a car. He had bought a > 1995 > Chevrolet Caprice, a gigantic car with a huge engine, brand new and after > he > paid it off he bought another new car and gave me the old one because he > didn't like the car I had at the time. He thought it was unsafe because it > was too small (was a midsize sedan, so not really a small car, lol). Even > up > till nearly the end, he used to ask me if I still had his car and he always > smiled when he heard that I was still driving it. He was concerned once > because I was with a friend one day and we stopped to see him. He saw my > friend's car and thought maybe I had gotten something different! I still > have the Caprice, which is my only car. It has 210,000 miles on it and runs > great! > > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-424-0897 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 9/10/10 6:38 PM, "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > >> extremely powerful set of photo graphics Chris. >> >> and a huge KUDOS! to you for doing the (I assume difficult) work >> of photographing loved ones when they are less than well. >> >> (I found it next to impossible to photograph my parents >> once they visibly began failing to thrive.) >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 10, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: >> >>> My grandpa died from Alzheimer's at age 84 in December of 2008. I did >>> some >>> photos of him because I have been photographing him for 20 years now, so >>> I >>> kept doing my portraits of him till nearly the end. It was really hard, >>> he >>> was more important to me than my parents. >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/grandpa/photopages/gran >>> dpa_4-28-07_num1.php >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/grandpa/photopages/gran >>> dpa-april08-1.php >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/grandpa/photopages/gran >>> dpa_3-17-08_1.php >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/grandpa/photopages/suct >>> ion-cup.php >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/grandpa/photopages/gran >>> dpa_3-17-08_2.php >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/grandpa/photopages/moll >>> y_1-4-09.php >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information