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Subject: [Leica] My photos made the local TV news
From: leowesson at gmail.com (Leo Wesson)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:24:39 -0500
References: <4DF2D9F4-486A-4E0B-BB6D-124F56E2E71E@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <DM6PR04MB54035A191D03CDA43B44CC7BB8379@DM6PR04MB5403.namprd04.prod.outlook.com> <A3827FF5-8F65-4158-A107-A3D3E32EBEE7@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Great coverage of you project Chris!

Leo


> On Oct 31, 2022, at 11:01 AM, Christopher Crawford <chris at 
> chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
> 
> I'll do the same thing I do with all of my work: Sell prints if anyone 
> wants them. I can't give my work away during my lifetime; I need to make a 
> living. This project has been expensive. I'm not sure how much I have 
> spent just for the hospital project, but my Polaroid work as a whole has 
> cost me nearly $4000 so far. Most of that has come from donations I've 
> received, but some has come from print sales. Even if all the film had 
> been paid for by patrons, I'd still need to sell prints so I can pay my 
> other bills and expenses in life. I live with my son, who has told me that 
> I'll never have to work for a living again; but I try to pay for my 
> photography materials and equipment and costs like my adobe subscription 
> myself. I don't want to be a burden. I have a lot of serious health 
> problems, which is why I live with him.
> 
> When I die, I will likely give my work to some place like the Indiana 
> State Museum. Hopefully that won't be any time soon, but given the poor 
> state of my health, there's no guarantees.
> 
> -- 
> Chris Crawford
> Fine Art Photography
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
> 
> 260-437-8990
> 
> https://chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
> 
> https://sx70project.com The Polaroid SX-70 Project
> 
> https://crawfordphotoschool.com Learn From Me
> 
> ?On 10/31/22, 11:27 AM, "LUG on behalf of Aram Langhans via LUG" 
> <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of 
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
>    Very nice coverage by the news media.  And a great collection of 
>    photos.  Do you have any plans for them after?  Submitting them to a 
>    historical museum?
> 
>    And nice to put a face to the name.
> 
>    Aram
> 
>    On 10/27/2022 6:51:49, Christopher Crawford wrote:
>> Last Friday, one of Fort Wayne's TV stations did a story about my project 
>> documenting the demolition of Saint Joseph Hospital in downtown Fort 
>> Wayne using my Polaroid SX-70 camera.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> You can see the video on YouTube here:
>> 
>> https://youtu.be/smJvKfK-LxM
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> and the 23 photos I have done so far are on my website here:
>> 
>> https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=130&secondary=268
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>    -- 
>    Aram Langhans
>    (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
>    & Unemployed photographer
> 
>    ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin 
> himself would ever have dared dream.?
>        James D. Watson
> 
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