Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A wonderful tribute, Indeed! Gene On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:30 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > What a WONDERFULLY talented young lady! > You have a rich life, my friend. Cheers to you! > > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Crew, > > > My niece in the UK is a very fine author/poet in early years and wrote > > this > > > poem about her Uncle Ted as a photojournalist. > > > Not bad for a young lady 16 yrs. I'd say. > > > cheers, > > > Ted Grant. CM > > > Dedicated to Canadian photojournalist, Uncle Ted Grant > > > <http://tedgrantphoto.com/> > > > "Jesus Christ! > > > Would you look at that" > > > - then click! > > > His voice smoky > > > as the wind. > > > When he speaks > > > he looks to the distance, > > > ruddy horizons, > > > - blind in one eye > > > but the sight sharper. > > > At 83, > > > he still holds his camera > > > gently, but poised > > > - ready to pounce, > > > a hunter, a gatherer, > > > horse at the ready, > > > tracking life in its rawest > > > - moments unnoticed, > > > a flick of the spur! > > > An eye into focus. > > > Human nature bared, > > > unfiltered > > > - like a shot of whiskey, > > > smooth and rough, > > > "Don't think just click!" > > > His hands a little shaky now, > > > he flicks through his book; his work > > > - life mapped out > > > trodden tracks, > > > sudden sun on worn out paths. > > > His eyes > > > cool, calm, cantering quick, > > > though now, sometimes, > > > they well right up, > > > memories stirred like desert dust. > > > "Don't think too much" > > > he'd say, shaking his head, > > > "It's just life" > > > - a thousand lives > > > along the wrinkles of his cheeks. > > > and grabbing his stetson > > > swinging a camera round his chest, > > > he'd ride away into the sun > > > like there's nothing to it. > > > a silhouette. > > > against the horizon of life > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >