[Leica] SARAH CALDWELL

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

A lot of people take themselves too seriously, and start to believe all the
hype flying around about themselves, whatever their motivation.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 7:25 AM Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> 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
>
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