Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi there ? While it was the policy of the Houston Grand Opera not to conduct photo calls ? the photographer was expected to shoot during dress rehearsals ? no one told conductor Sarah Caldwell ? once described by The New Yorker as being a "conducting steam engine.". I was shooting from the front row. She looked up, stopped her conducting, turned to me and commanded "You sir ? get out of here." I informed the director of the opera that I was under contract, that I would charge the opera my full price even though I would not be producing any photographs and demanded an apology from Caldwell. To my surprise, she did: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/GRAND+OLD+DAYS+AT+THE+OPERA/SARAH+CALDWELL+-+01433.jpg.html Gallery: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/ ?Bill