[Leica] DVD: Henri Cartier-Bresson. NOW AN ANSWER FOR LLUIS! r

[leesonpj at gmail.com (Philip Leeson)]

Maybe if you looked like Ali Larter, they'd send you one:

<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/fashion/leica-cameras-favored-by-celebrities.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>

;-)

Phil

On Jan 13, 2013, at 7:28 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:

> Lluis Ripoll OFFERED:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: DVD: Henri Cartier-Bresson The Impassioned 
> Eye(2003), een film van Heinz Butler
> 
> 
> "Dear Ted, buenos dias querido amigo!
> Has Leica any rough idea about your 380,000 images 99,99% with a Leica?
> I hope Leica gives you an special edition Leica MM "Dr. Ted Grant" and you 
> come with it to Barcelona to the big meeting!<<<<<<<
> 
> Dear Lluis, buenos dias querido amigo!
> No Luis, Leica don't do that for unknown photographers to them. Although 
> they surely know who I am been there a few times while on assignments in 
> Europe! Nor regardless of how many photographs your government's National 
> Archives' and National Art Gallery have in their photographic collections. 
> Even the largest in the history of your country? Or books you've had 
> published and acclaimed by many many reviewers and subjects as the subject 
> of the books.
> 
> Nor my years of lecturing to professional photographer associations, 
> schools and camera clubs all over the country. And at each, espousing the 
> greatness of the Leica camera never ended simply because that's the 
> equipment that allowed me to become the very fortunate lucky 
> photojournalist I am!
> 
> Even when you are the Lead Speaker for 16 years in Cape Cod for the Leica 
> International Seminar! Where my lectures drew such demand each year until 
> people had to be turned away because there wasn't teaching room for more 
> than a 90 bodies.
> 
> Oh they do give them to German's, American's, sport heros, Hip Hop so 
> called singers! And free cameras to movie stars because they're movie 
> stars!
> 
> Give them to trust worthy hard working published international 
> photographers for over half a century because the camera is the best tool 
> on the market in carrying out thousands of assignments for many 
> publications or books? Nope!
> 
> Got a used slide projector one time when Leica closed the LEICA CANADA 
> opertion in Toronto. But only because one of the senior people told the 
> staff person I had a projector on loan and it should be returned! It was 
> already a loaner that had the hell beat out of it shipped all over the 
> country as a sample.
> 
> But the VIP was convinced they should let me keep it as I was such a loyal 
> and trustworthy Leica user. Besides it was really in junk condition and 
> they'd only scrap it if I returned it! So that was my one big free reward 
> after 60 years of "ALWAYS BUYING ALL MY LEICA GEAR!"
> 
> A free MM???? Whatever you do, do not hold your breathe my friend it ain't 
> going to happen!!
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
> 
> 
> 
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