Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks Ted for understanding, and your kind comments. Steve > Steve Barbour wrote & showed: > > >>> Brittany's Swansong.... > > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-27398.html > > M7 35mm pre ASPH Tri X > > > a memory for a beautiful friend, patient, aspiring actress...<<<< > > Hi Steve, > First class photograph and with your words makes it a far more telling > picture. Would one do anything different? Nope! As everything is right there > in the viewers face creating a very strong story telling photograph. > > There are times as photographers we're confronted with emotional situations > before our cameras that after we're done it leaves us crying or completely > drained, as in my photography with the Chernobyl Children. And I'm sure in > your case similar situations some days. > > But what it speaks of in your case when dealing with a child on a daily > basis, is your strength of character & person enabling you to care for > children as a profession. > > In my case at least I knew it wasn't going to be a lifetime, but it was day > after day of children in various states from the effects of the nuclear > disaster and treatments they were enduring. After weeks it became absolutely > so draining to a point, some days I had to leave off and go find a quiet > place where I could cry myself dry because I began to equate what I saw in > these children the fate of my grandchildren or worse, if ever there was a > nuclear war or a similar disaster in North America > > Your ability to record some of the tender moments with your patients and to > share with the crew is admirable, as I see it using photography to make many > of us aware of the plight of children who require TLC. > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html