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Subject: Re: [Leica] on Topic-Sept 11 documentary
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 15:52:46 -0700
References: <B8AFDC2A.1B12%lugstuff@charlesharris.com> <3C8A8C97.8070503@shaw.ca>

I woke up and remembered CBS should have a Web Site with details.

Here they are: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/9_11/

I'll be watching tomorrow night at 9:00 pm (EST/PST).

Hope to see more of Charles work.

Regards,

Greg

Greg J. Lorenzo wrote:

> Hi Charles,
>
> Do you know at what time the show will be aired or the name of the 
> program?
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
> charles harris wrote:
>
>> Last week I was assigned a very cool project. In the US this Sunday 
>> on CBS
>> is a documentary on the Sept 11 events. The sponsor (through their ad
>> agency) commissioned about 80 photographers around the country to go 
>> out and
>> shoot public safety people, police officers, rescue teams, 
>> firefighters, and
>> the like. They wanted environmental portraits of the everyday guys. 
>> Instead
>> of showing commercials during the programming, these portraits will be
>> shown. I expect there will be some outstanding photos here.
>>
>> I was assigned two shots in South Carolina; Charleston and rural. I 
>> ended up
>> shooting about a half dozen. If everybody did shoot multiples like I 
>> did,
>> the edit should prove very difficult. Having said that, even though I 
>> was
>> commissioned for two, there is no guarantee of airplay at all. 
>> Regardless,
>> it should be an impressive bunch of shots.
>>
>> The photographers were given great latitude on this assignment. Aside 
>> from a
>> nearly unreasonable deadline, the only restrictions besides subject 
>> matter
>> were that it crop to horizontal, portray the subjects in non-civilian
>> attire, not be an action shot, and be serious in tone. We were 
>> assigned a
>> specific geographic region but were tasked to source the subjects on our
>> own, meaning I chose who and where I specifically shot.
>>
>> It will be interesting to compare what is ultimately selected given 
>> that we
>> all were working with the same guidelines. Anybody else on this list
>> involved in this project?
>>
>> I shot these over the course of 1 1/2 days in Charleston and (the 
>> area of)
>> Aiken SC. All with the Hasselblad.
>>
>> The posted images here are outtakes. I have not even seen most of the 
>> film I
>> shot. I had to FedEx it back to my studio for processing and it was 
>> sent out
>> that very day. I did a couple of other shots not shown here because, 
>> for one
>> reason or the other, the outtakes were unsuitable for posting. I usually
>> make a lot of subtle compositional changes on the fly and work with 
>> posing
>> as I go along, so these shots may not be entirely representational of 
>> the
>> whole lot. One of these shots will not crop well as a horizontal, but 
>> I shot
>> it anyway because I liked it.
>>
>> I've not yet linked these to my paw site, check back for that.
>>
>> check out and follow the arrows to the right....
>>
>> http://www.charlesharris.com/hero/vfd.html
>>
>> as always lots of leica shots can be found at
>> http://www.charlesharris.com
>>
>> Any and all comments or questions will be respectfully noted. I urge
>> everybody to watch this program not just for the photos, but for the
>> content.
>>
>> I think I'll post this letter twice under two headings for those who
>> automatically trash PAW topics. Sorry for the redundancy.
>>
>> charles
>>
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In reply to: Message from charles harris <lugstuff@charlesharris.com> ([Leica] on Topic-Sept 11 documentary)
Message from "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] on Topic-Sept 11 documentary)