Re: [Leica] on Topic-Sept 11 documentary

["Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>]

Nice work, Charles.  There are some powerful images in there.  I especially
like the second one "Group", a nice iconographic image.  If those are the
"outtakes" I can't wait to see the "good" ones!

Mike D

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From: "charles harris" <lugstuff@charlesharris.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 3:35 PM
Subject: [Leica] on Topic-Sept 11 documentary


> 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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