Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/29

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Subject: [Leica] BRAVO to Ted!
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Fri Feb 29 14:37:45 2008
References: <C3EDC557.4DB%bd@bdcolenphoto.com>

>So a few weeks ago Ted surprised me with a DVD of the Bravo Ted Grant
>documentary. And how was it? It was so astoundingly good that the week after
>I showed my MIT Documentary Photo class the film "War Photographer," about
>the work of James Nachtwey, I told them we were going from the ridiculous to
>the sublime, and I showed them the Ted Grant Documentary.
>
>I prefaced the showing by telling them that I knew that as exciting as "War
>Photographer" may have been for them, it bore little relation to the real
>day-to-day world of photo journalism. On the other hand, Ted's Bravo
>documentary is a lovingly produced, nuanced portrait of the life of the
>father of modern Canadian photo journalism, a guy who's shot everything from
>stock car races, to politics, to eye candy, to war, to sports, to surgery,
>and back to the every day. And he makes it all seem so simple.
>
>You think you know Ted, but take my word for it - you don't know Ted until
>you see this documentary. And also take my word for the fact you want to
>know Ted.
>
>So order today!
>
>B. D.



I can only second this. An excellent interview of a great 
photographer. I've looked at my copy a number of times already.

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    *            Henning J. Wulff
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Replies: Reply from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] BRAVO to Ted!)
In reply to: Message from bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] BRAVO to Ted!)