Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 12, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Absolutely! I got a copy from Ted for my woman doc wife some time ago. > It is a gold mine of superb work that every thoughtful photographer will > enjoy and learn from. > > Cheers > Geoff > > *Life's not black and white, except at both ends* > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > On 13 May 2011 06:12, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote: > >> Anyone interested in B&W photography should get this. It's a bargain! both Geoff and Henning are right on the mark. Get it... I have known about this project from the beginning, and know many of the docs...all are thrilled. Steve >> >> >> >> >> >> Women in Medicine. A Celebration of their Work. >>> >>> >>> >>> I have just acquired the remaining copies of this award-winning book >>> illustrating the daily lives of women in medicine. It was created on >>> location in hospitals throughout North America by two photojournalists >>> using >>> Leica cameras and b&w film. >>> >>> >>> >>> One of the most unique aspects? . "The Art of Observation illustrated by >>> these two photographers covering the same subject in various locations >>> and >>> not being able to tell which photographer took which photograph! A >>> tribute >>> to their equally matched abilities as photojournalists." >>> >>> >>> >>> READER COMMMENT: >>> >>> >>> >>> Ted Grant, one of Canada's best kept secret, and his prot?g? Sandy Carter >>> break no ground in Women In Medicine. A Celebration of Their Work. There >>> is >>> nothing new here. Instead, they present us with a work of classic >>> documentary photography; two outstanding photographers venturing forth >>> into >>> a world new to most of us, returning with a collection of photographic >>> moments that together show us what it is like to be a woman in the male >>> dominated world of medicine. >>> >>> >>> I say Ted Grant is a Canada's best kept secret because he is little known >>> outside his own country. But there he is a true star in the field of >>> photojournalism. For more than 60 years Grant has been shooting for major >>> Canadian newspapers; his work of 280,000 images is in the permanent >>> collection of the Canadian national archives, and a few years back, he >>> and >>> Karsh of Ottawa, perhaps the best known classic portrait photographer of >>> the >>> past 50 years, received the same life time achievement award. >>> >>> >>> Women In Medicine. A Celebration of Their Work, will remind you of >>> nothing >>> so much as the LIFE Magazine work of W. Eugene Smith, inventor of the >>> magazine photo essay. Look at the photos of these women in scrubs at the >>> end >>> of an endless shift, and you can't help think of Smith's classic essay, >>> "Country Doctor." What makes Grant and Carter's work all the more >>> impressive, is that unlike Smith, they neither set up any shots, nor did >>> they use any flash or other supplementary lighting. Grant makes no bones >>> about distaining the use of what he calls "twinkie" lights - flash. When >>> the >>> light disappears he just pulls out the Noctilux for one of his Leica M7s, >>> and pushes his Tri-X a stop further. >>> >>> >>> While this is a book that will appeal to any woman in medicine, be she a >>> physician, a nurse, a nurse midwife, or a tech of any type, and while it >>> is >>> also a book that demands a place on the bookshelf of anyone who loves a >>> woman in medicine, it is first of all a book for anyone who loves >>> classic, >>> black and white, available light >>> >>> documentary photography. >>> >>> >>> >>> The special price for the autographed copies includes a six-page >>> "Photographer's Supplement" explaining many of the photographic >>> techniques >>> and the lighting motivations of the photographs. It also includes an open >>> invitation to contact the photographers with any questions about their >>> work. >>> >>> >>> >>> Ted Grant tedgrant at shaw.ca Sandy Carter sc-photo at comcast.net >>> >>> >>> >>> COST $40.00 plus shipping $10.00 please order via e-mail Thank you. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> -- >> >> Henning J. Wulff >> Wulff Photography & Design >> mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com >> http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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