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Subject: Re: [Leica] Immigration Amnesty Program Essay....MIKE...
From: Mike Durling <durling@widomaker.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 22:58:34 -0400
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Jim, Since I worked in TV news briefly in the late '70s I understand 
perfectly how a "good fire" can deep six a good feature story. Glad you 
were able to resurect it.

Mike D


James A. Gatlin wrote:
> Greetings Mike:
> 
> Thanks for the kind remarks about my Amnesty essay.
> 
> To explain a little about the time line.....
> I shot the photos on May 4th, 1988. At that time, I was assigned to cover
> the story for a newspaper I worked for. The photo editors had sat aside some
> space for the story, (since the end of the program was nearing the deadline
> for the paper). Unfortunately, that very same night, there was a large high
> rise office building fire in downtown Los Angeles, (The First Inter State
> Bank Building as I recall). The Amnesty story and photos were pushed off the
> paper by the massive fire. Ironically, after I left the INS office headed
> back to the paper's lab to process the Amnesty photos, I was rerouted
> instead to shoot some fast shots of the spectacular fire, which ran the
> following day.
> 
> The amnesty story was relagated to a small 3 or 4 inch news column in the
> paper, without any photos. So the photos went into my "would have been",
> "could have been" box, and life went on to the next story, and then the
> next. Soon, the amnesty photos, and my notes were forgotten.
> 
> I stumbled across the negs a few days ago while scanning some old stuff for
> archival purposes. I rememberd how much I enjoyed the shoot, and thought
> about what a good visual story it could have been.... so... I rumanged
> around, and found my notes, and decided to create the story now. Originally,
> a reporter covered the story with me, as I did the photos, and I suspect the
> finished piece would have been much better with a writer... but I did the
> best I could do with my old notes, and my own limited ability to write.
> 
> So, the answer to your question is.. the photos were shot in 1988, and the
> text was written a couple of days ago!  :-)
> 
> Thanks again for looking.
> 
> Jim G.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 5:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Immigration Amnesty Program Essay....
> 
> 
> 
>>Hi James,
>>
>>Very nice work.  Good story, nicely composed pictures and great faces.
>>
>>You mentioned that this amnesty program ended in 1988.  Does that mean
>>that this essay is one from the archives or is there something I missed.
>>
>>Mike D
> 
> 
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