Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/06

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Subject: [Leica] Be a photographer
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 06 May 2015 17:44:06 -0500
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On May 6, 2015, at 5:34 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> When I began "shooting for a newspaper, Sept. 17/ 1951 first news photo 
> published front page of the Ottawa Citizen newspaper in Canada's capital. 
> I was always "VERY PROUD" of being called and calling myself a... 
> "NEWS-PHOTOGRAPHER"! I saw and felt it was a kind of badge of honour to be 
> called one for quite a number of years and working for and being paid by 
> the "NEWSPAPER!"  YOU BELONGED TO A NEWS ORGANIZATION AND WERE BEING PAID 
> FOR WORKING AS A NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER!!   

When I was photographing in the inner city during the mid sixties
the kids commonly referred to me as "picher man."
Which I considered quite perfect.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 

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