[Leica] Born At Risk...

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

B. D. Colen offered: very nice things.
Subject: RE: [Leica] Born At Risk...


> Oh, riiiiiight, Ted....And speaking of "the master" -
> Having just seen Ted - and Sandy's - stunning new book on Women in
> Medicine, I would urge any and all LUGers to order a copy before they're
> all gone; it's a definite "must have" for LUG photobook collections. And
> looking at it, you'll realize from looking at Sandy's work, and thinking
> about how new she is to the world of documentary photography, that Ted
> is clearly as good a teacher as he is a shooter. :-)<<<<

Thanks B.D. mon ami. :-)

>>you'll realize from looking at Sandy's work, and thinking
> about how new she is to the world of documentary photography, that Ted
> is clearly as good a teacher as he is a shooter. <<

Thanks, but I have to say Sandy has an absolute natural photographic talent
to see. All I did was open her eyes to the importance of light. The rest is
history.

I think one of the great elements of the book is, even from people who know
my work, but have seen nothing or very little of Sandy's until now, it's
very difficult to tell who took which picture on which page. In effect we
support each other in a way that I feel makes this an extremely unique
photographic book.

It's a rarity for two photographers to work on the same subject in different
locations and not have tell tale style or eye showing their differences page
to page.  And without looking at photo credits in the back it appears there
was only one photographer.

A side note: ;-)
"When we saw the first layout I had the front cover. :-) So she says...
"Thank God, as I would've never heard the end of the whining and crying!"
:-) However, she has the back cover with an excellent photograph, so it kind
of evened us out. :-)

When she first became my assistant she didn't have the eye she has to day,
but I feel her talent only required releasing. So working on many
assignments to-gether it opened the door for her hidden ability to be shown
to the world.

ERGO: "Women in Medicine. A celebration of their Work."

ted