Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, guys, this was meant to be off-list. Time for another coffee... Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Hi Ted, > > Same request/question as with the tips: can I put these on my blog > until you find a proper publisher? > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Ted Grant 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 >> >> > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog