[Leica] "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"
Ted Grant
tedgrant at shaw.ca
Sun Dec 6 13:17:30 PST 2015
Well as I said the other day. :-) Sometimes magical moments appear?
We shall see. :-)
cheers,
ted
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From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Peter Dzwig
Sent: December-06-15 12:49 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"
Yes, Ted....are you going to do a similar one of Trudeau Jr. I keep meaningt
to
ask!! It'd be a great shot and I guess he does bannisters better than his
Dad.
Peter
On 05/12/2015 21:44, Douglas Barry wrote:
> Impressive Ted, but you forgot to mention just one minor photo - the
Trudeau
> Bannisters One. I'm 65 and all of us around that age and older remember
that!
> Your new lunch mate will rememember that one, unless he's got Alzheimers,
or was
> an infant at the time.
>
> You should try and persuade Trudeau minor to repeat the feat for you, and,
in
> turn, I'm sure you'll make sure to be around to take Justin's son when he
> becomes Prime Minister in turn.
>
> As a retired banker, I've met with at least 20 people who made it to 100
and the
> oldest I met was 105. To push the boundaries, I hope to meet you on your
106th
> birthday with a Leica, the Trudeau family, and some bannisters.
>
> Douglas
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2015 1:09 AM
> Subject: [Leica] "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"
>
>
>> To-day at lunch I was asked by a chap I'd just been introduced to.
>>
>> "What have you done as a photographer? I don't seem to re-call any photo
>> credits?" He asked.
>> So I gave him a little list which he found rather interesting.
>> What think you? ? :-)
>>
>> Dang it was a great life, too bad they end. :-(
>>
>> * Chernobyl Children-Russia/Ukraine
>> * Hawaii-The Islands
>> * Bullfighting-Spain, Weekend Magazine
>> * NATO exercises-Norway, National Film Board of Canada
>> * Oil Airlift-Congo/Zambia, The Canadian Magazine.
>> * Six Day War-Middle East 1967, Star Weekly Magazine
>> * Vietnam 1968, Weekend Magazine
>> * Industrial Empire-Japan, National Film Board of Canada
>> * Summer Olympic Games- Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, Los Angeles 1984,
>> Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992
>> * Winter Olympic Games- Lake Placid 1980, Sapporo 1972, Calgary 1988,
>> Albertville 1992
>> * The French Riviera - Nice, France, Weekend Magazine
>> * Oktoberfest-Munich, Germany, Weekend Magazine
>> * Rome/Athens: Cities of the Old World. Canadian Pacific
>> Airlines
>>
>> * The Right to Die: Sue Rodriguez, This Country Canada Magazine.
>> This merely touches the total with 99.9% shot with Leica's of some kind
>> creating a collection of 280,000 images in the Canadian National
Archives.
>> And another 100,000 in the National Art Gallery of Canada.
>> I trust you find this a bit interesting as I've posted it due to the
chaps
>> question, as some of you may have wondered also.
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted :-)
>>
>>
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