[Leica] WAS: " LIFE " NOW Greg Locke does Africa! ;-)

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Remember - You're supposed to do a major series on malaria, not GET
malaria! ;-)

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From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Greg Locke
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 2:28 PM
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Subject: RE: [Leica] WAS: " LIFE " NOW Greg Locke does Africa! ;-)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Ted Grant
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 9:25 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] WAS: " LIFE " NOW Greg Locke does Africa! ;-)
> 
> Way to go Greg!! Good on you, I bet you'll work yer ass off
> and love it!
> 
> I always thought one of the great assignment moments were a
> call from the photo editor... "Pack your bags and fly down to 
> Montreal first thing in the morning because you and Bob are 
> flying to Paris tomorrow evening ."
> 
> "OK, sounds good to me !"  Then I'd yell to my wife, "Hey
> dear forget dinner tomorrow night I'm going to Paris.."
> 
> And she'd respond, "Pity, have a nice time."
> 
> Have a good and safe one mon ami as I'm sure it'll be warmer
> than on the " 
> Rock" for the winter!  What are shooting ?
> 
> ted

THANKFULLY!  ...most of the places I go, Susan wants no part of... But I
have taken her on more mundane assignments in Quebec, Toronto and
Scotland.

Yes, it will be nice to ditch the ugly run up to the really miserable
winter we have. The high plains of Kenya are nice but I'm not so sure
the desert of Darfur will be a beach party.

I am going to be doing a bunch of little stories for various clients and
head back to Rwanda to do a little followup on my last assignments there
...BUT!  The primary assignment is a major series on malaria which, if
all goes well I'll try to spin out into a book.

Everything is falling into place this week with logistics and contacts.
But if the effects of these shots are taking their toll on my aging
body. Geeeez...my 36 year old body took it and asked for more. This week
its like I have malaria all over again.

...but the buzz of planning for "expedition" gives a bit of adrenalin to
get you through I think.

...but I've still never been to Victoria or Vancouver :^)


THANKS

Greg Locke
St. John's, Newfoundland.
http://www.greglocke.com

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