Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Of course a book is a great idea. The trick is to find the right format. I think you're really on to something with the one page anecdotes (illustrated, of course); the problem is how to work in the longer narrative/biographical stretches we'd want to see too. I don't know, maybe make a rule for yourself like 'don't go more than X number of pages without a punchline'. You've got a great knack for putting together a personal short story. --- Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: > OK Crew the posted efforts of the past few days have > evoked many private and > online "You've got to do a book responses!" > > A blog or other suggestions that have given me a > great deal of confidence > just maybe there's a book after all and the first > publisher was wrong in > turning it down. > > > > I thought this might be a kind of opening piece. > > > > Now it's my turn to ask. Comments and critiques? > > =========================================== > > > > Real Photographers Shoot BW: some times colour. > > > > Or "I'm an Endangered Species." > > > > Why this book? Well, I'm basically the sole > survivor of Canadian > > photojournalists from the 50's and '60's who's still > shooting in 2006. > > Many from that period have gone to the big dark room > in the sky or just > > retired to easy living in the country -- So, at 77 > years of age, that makes > > me an endangered species! > > > > Some photojournalists disgruntled that time passed > them by, long for the > > good old days of photojournalistic rotogravure > sections and picture > > magazines we no longer see published. Oh sure > there are magazines, but > > they are the "one picture tell all" illustrations > and rarely ever use more > > than two pictures to a story. No longer do we see 6 > - 8 or 10 page spreads > > of in-depth photography for a photo-essay on a > single subject. > > > > When my first picture was published in the Ottawa > Citizen newspaper on > > September 17, 1951, little did I know 56 years later > I would still be > > taking pictures with the same passion that started > my career. Probably with > > greater passion to-day realizing I'm quickly coming > to the final frame on > > the roll. > > > > Photography has taken me to many countries around > the world and given me > > experiences that fall into "truth is stranger than > fiction." There have > > been good, bad and ugly assignments, some successful > others just a tiring > > experience of frustration. > > > > Would I change it? > > > > Not really! A few things though, more rest between > assignments for one, but > when > > younger you are invincible and there are too many > places to go and > > things to shoot. The telephone rings and even > though you are dragging it > > matters not when you hear, " Can you get a plane > down to Bermuda in the > > morning and meet our writer there?". The adrenalin > is pumping in seconds > > and off you go like a filly in a race, "Tired? Not > me I'm outta here!" > > > > Not to become angry when the weather or some other > situation is completely > > beyond my control. In reality I should have sat > back, relaxed, had a drink > > and just rolled with it. I used to lose a lot of > sleep over totally > > uncontrollable things, but time tempers those > feelings and to-day it's, > > "what you can't control, you don't sweat" > > > > The stories and anecdotes of the "times of Ted" will > leave you wondering, > > "is it possible for one photographer to have this > many experiences?" > > Honestly, yes it is and then some! > > > > For me, time has never stood still since the taking > of my first photograph > > and hopefully it won't, until the last. And when > asked, "When are you > > going to quit or retire?" I jokingly respond, "My > retirement date is > > September 17, 2021." That will be the 70th > anniversary of my first > > published picture and I'll only be 92! So that seems > a reasonable time to > > consider relaxing. > > > > Now, if I can only get my body to agree to that > date. . . > > > > The book's open folks, come on in and start your > odyssey through my world > > as a photojournalist. > > > > > > > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > 1817 Feltham Road > Victoria BC V8N 2A4 > 250-477-2156 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com