[Leica] CANADIAN PHOTOJOURNALIST POEM

[lluisripollphotography]

Yes Ted, mon ami! This is absolutely true and I’m agree!

In Spain we say the same thing, as well we have another nice quote:

“Quien siembra vientos, recoge tempestades"

with Google Translator:

"The one who sows winds, reaps storms”

Cheers!
Lluis




> El 5 maig 2016, a les 2:51, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> va escriure:
> 
> Thank you Lluis very much. 
> An old saying from my Father & Mother:      "You get what you give!" 
> That doesn't mean if you do something for another you expect to receive a "gift? Favour, whatever in return?
> It's how you respect others, what you may do no more than "Hold a door open for a lady, an elder, anyone. A moment of politeness!" It is all so easy to do. 
> And if the people of the world acted and thought more along these lines maybe the world would be a far better place.
> Cheers my friend,
> 
> Dr. Ted Grant CM
> 
> 
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> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of lluisripollphotography
> Sent: May-04-16 5:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] CANADIAN PHOTOJOURNALIST POEM
> 
> Hi Ted, mon ami
> 
> What a inner happiness receive such gift!!! This is again a big prove about how all the persons who know you, love you, this is the best thing we can have in the life, what you get!
> 
> Cheers!
> Lluis
> 
> PS .- I’ll forward this to our common friend Guillermo
> 
> 
>> El 5 maig 2016, a les 1:17, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> va escriure:
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
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