Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My copies have finally arrived. I breathed a sigh of relief as I think that the photo reproduction has gone really well. Anyone that admires Ted's work owes it to themselves to buy this little, inexpensive book just for those five pics of his. The rest of us are a bonus ;-) Some of that bonus is Doug! and Lluis! and there are four magnificent and prizewinning semi abstracts by Alastair etc etc. How can you go wrong??? Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can. -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [Leica] Ted Grant, one of 12 Leica Users Thanks for the review, Steve. I have not yet received my copy, but I knew from the preview on Blurb that Ted had contributed those images. I am truly honored to have my 4 images in the same book as those. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Jan 14, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > I would never be so presumptuous as to review Ted Grant's images...but > I do want to say something about them. > Ted is one of 12 Leica Users in the book, by that title, that just > appeared. Ted's photo of the Sleeping Cowboy is on the cover, he leads > off the book, and he offers five of his celebrated, famous images. > > So this is a short appreciation of Ted's images... by an amateur, who > is Ted's friend. > > The first of Ted's five leica images... Sleeping Cowboy in Bunkhouse/ > bw, cover and page 7... > he sleeps, his boots on, under a window with radiant beams of daylight > entering a relatively dark room. The photo is shot across a bunk bed > toward the cowboy, and a cowboy hat is lying in the foreground, > right...prominent and illuminated. Other cowboys are seen distantly in > the background, around a table. A great image, tranquil and radiant. > > The second image, very famous, is Prime Minister David Ben Gurion of > Israel/bw...white hair, eyes sharp, serious, intently listening. > > The third image, classic and playful, is Prime Minister Pierre Elliot > Trudeau of Canada/bw, sliding down a banister, like a kid, arms > outstretched, unusual to say the least for a great political leader. > > The fourth image, a classic, is Wild Horses, Alberta , Canada/bw... > racing across a dark horizon, under a dramatic sky highlighted by > low,dramatic, fluffy clouds. > > The fifth, yet another famous image is Diver, Barcelona Olympics > 1992/color... the diver, laid out, fully extended, form perfect and > floating high, is seen isolated, against the buildings of Barcelona > sprawling on the distant hillside. > > Truly great stuff, a hard act to follow for the other 11 photographers > ...who do their very best to live up to this challenge, showing many > differing subjects and styles, doing an absolutely masterful job... > > Altogether, a quite magical collection of great images...by 12 of our > Leica photographers, edited beautifully by Geoff Hopkinson... > > my sincere thoughts....many thanks, > > Steve Barbour > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information