[Leica] RE: Grant McLennan (Marty Deveney)

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Marty, you could do worse than this image in memoriam for a musician.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Grant-McLennan/File0897

regards
Hoppy

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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:11:50 -0500
From: "Marty Deveney" <freakscene@weirdness.com>
Subject: [Leica] Grant McLennan
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An acquaintance for whom I had an enormous amount of respect died in May
this year.  Grant McLennan was a founding member, and along with Robert
Forster, a driving creative force behind the Australian band The
Go-Betweens.  He was 48.

So, over the last few nights I scanned a few photos I had in my archive of
Grant playing live.  These photos uncharacteristically for me include a
number of colour shots - I think they must have been for a street press
newspaper or magazine.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/Grant-McLennan/File0896 is on (old) Delta 400
in Xtol 1+3.  Nikon Fm2n with 85/2 at f4.  This is from a solo show Grant
did at The Valley Fiesta in Brisbane, in, I think, 1998 or thereabouts.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/Grant-McLennan/File0902 is taken also in The
Valley Mall in Brisbane, but is of Grant playing with The Far Out
Corporation.  Not sure when - late 1990s.  Delta 3200 @ 6400 in T-Max RS
developer.  Nikon Fm2n with 85/1.4 wide open, probably at about 1/30 (and
still not quite enough light).

The rest are from a Go-Betweens show at The Hotel Great Northern, Byron Bay,
in April 2000.  The B&Ws are on Neopan 1600 @ 3200 in T-Max RS and the
colour shots are on Ektapress 1600 @ 3200 (only with Fuji natura has fast
print film caught this great film, which was discontinued by kodak around
2000).  That's Robert Forster with him in some of the shots.

Comments etc. appreciated.

Marty

'It is neither fair nor reasonable to expect
 sadness to confine itself to its causes'
      Grant McLennan 'River of money'



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