Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant is a national treasure of Canada. He photographed Prime Minister Trudeau sliding down a banister and Ben Johnson winning the Gold (and then lost it later due to drug violation). Travel photos, Queen Elizabeth, he has done it all. His photography mantra is KISS (Keep it Simple...) Back in the days, he would run around with 3 Leica Ms on his neck, and then one or two Leica R with long lens. And he's an incredibly generous, funny person. My wife and I had the privilege to share an afternoon with him. The Leica M9 photoset is here: http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/TedGrant-2014/ It was somewhat surreal that after some niceties, that I brought in my 4x5, and of course I had the wrong film etc. So a mistake :-/ Nevertheless, with the magic of Lightroom, an image can be seen: http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20141004-Scanned-515.jpg -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://www.facebook.com/Transformations.CosplayPortraits