[Leica] On Both Sides NOW BRAVO TV FIM DATE also weeding the archives.

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)]

Ted - I'll be watching.  Thanks for letting us know.

Ruthless editing is the key.  I just threw out about 5000 slides and I  
still have way too many - about 4500 left.  I'll weed again after I  
get over that first bout with the archive.  I'd like to get it down to  
a few hundred of the ones my family is most likely to want.

This is to say nothing of my negatives, of course.  That's a whole  
other problem.

After 50 years of photography, I've just go too much stuff!

Regards,

Dick



On Jan 30, 2008, at 8:48 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> Steve Barbour asked:
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>>> what will the future hold?<<
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> To keep this on topic, future and our pictures, negatives or digital  
> I'd
> like to say we finally have the premier broadcast date on BRAVO TV  
> for the
> documentary film about this old fart who's career spans over a half  
> century.
> :-) Who's basic life work is now housed in the vaults of the National
> Archives of Canada. It's in the film to see.
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> So mark your calendars, those who have cable or satellite dish it's,  
> March
> 4th 8 PM EST. adjust to your local time. The title, "Ted Grant. The  
> Art of
> Observation."
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> Now back on topic "what happens to our pictures in the after life  
> and who
> cares?"
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> My recommendation? Be a ruthless editor without ego! Not every  
> exposure is
> to die for, dump the "crap" we've shot and keep only those with some
> reasonable historical value. The more you keep the bigger the file,
> particularly if you don't edit severely! Then hoping someone in the  
> family
> may look after what we've done when we're playing "angel shooter in  
> the
> clouds." Or location of your choice. ;-)
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> And the people of the future, a hundred or more years, are they  
> going to be
> holding their breathe to see our happy snaps. Like, get over it!
>
> Sure a guy like Capa and other notables published world wide during  
> the
> great days of magazine reportage is seen as "historical photography"  
> for a
> number of reasons. The times of turmoil and world development, but  
> most of
> all the magazines every week had bold photo layouts we could hold in  
> hand
> for as long as we wanted looking at pictures.
>
> That kind of material is collectable and that's why we know the  
> names of the
> greats of the past.
>
> Quickly without thinking, name three notable photojournalists of  
> today with
> the same international reputation as Capa, Smith and Eisenstaedt.  
> Not likely
> you can quickly, as we don't have the magazines we did back in the  
> good old
> days of appreciating a photograph for a period of time. Unlike today  
> it
> flashes on the TV screen and it's gone. Or if in a magazine it's lost
> amongst the whores of Hollywood and other so called celebs!
>
> Sorry getting off track. But these days whether you shoot digital or  
> film
> the bottom line is, do you really believe anyone a hundred years  
> from now
> are going to give a rats ass about whether your pictures are there  
> or not?
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> ted
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> Steve
> Barbour
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:07 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] On Both Sides
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> On Jan 30, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Lottermoser George wrote:
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>> And further - each can be archived, sensibly or not.
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>> The life expectancy of film, paper, and / or digital information
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>> depends on the intelligence and interest of the archivist; and / or
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>> their heirs; dependent on air quality, light intensity, time and
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>> temperature; they will all affect film, paper, cd's, dvd's, hard
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>> drives, etc.
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>> Ultimately, those handling the material, over time, need to have
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>> real interest in preserving it.
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>> Do you film folks know what your great grand children will think of
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>> your collection of tri-x?
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> can you imagine, if we were just finding 3  old suitcases full of
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> Capa's CD's...  ?
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> Steve
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>> On Jan 30, 2008, at 5:36 PM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote:
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>>> Do we need another film-vs.-digital thread?  Each has its merits,
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>>> drawbacks, fans and detractors, and either medium is as real as the
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>>> users
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>>> choose to make it.
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>> Fond regards,
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>> George
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>> george@imagist.com
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>> www.imagist.com
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>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
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>> Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07
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