[Leica] Ted Grant, one of 12 Leica Users

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

and Ted what I believe is amazing, is how well the 12 sets of images  
have worked together to add up to a compelling & magical collection of  
photography...

thanks Geoff,


Steve


On Jan 15, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Ted Grant wrote:

> Steve Barbour offered:
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>>> Subject: [Leica] Ted Grant, one of 12 Leica Users
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> I would never be so presumptuous as to review Ted Grant's images...but
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> I do want to say something about them.
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> Ted is one of 12 Leica Users in the book, by that title, that just
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> appeared. Ted's photo of the Sleeping Cowboy is on the cover, he leads
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> off the book, and he offers five of his celebrated, famous images.
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> So this is a short appreciation of Ted's images... by an amateur, who
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> is Ted's friend.
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> The first of Ted's five leica images... Sleeping Cowboy in Bunkhouse/
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> bw, cover and page 7...
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> he sleeps, his boots on, under a window with radiant beams of daylight
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> entering a relatively dark room. The photo is shot across a bunk bed
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> toward the cowboy, and a cowboy hat is lying in the foreground,
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> right...prominent and illuminated. Other cowboys are seen distantly in
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> the background, around a table.  A great image, tranquil and radiant.
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> The second image, very famous, is Prime Minister David Ben Gurion of
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> Israel/bw...white hair, eyes sharp, serious, intently listening.
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> The third image, classic and playful, is Prime Minister Pierre Elliot
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> Trudeau of Canada/bw, sliding down a banister, like a kid, arms
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> outstretched, unusual to say the least for a great political leader.
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> The fourth image, a classic, is Wild Horses, Alberta , Canada/bw...
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> racing across a dark horizon, under a dramatic sky highlighted by
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> low, dramatic, fluffy  clouds.
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> The fifth, yet another famous image is Diver, Barcelona Olympics 1992/
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> color...  the diver, laid out, fully extended, form perfect and
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> floating high, is seen isolated, against the buildings of Barcelona
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> sprawling on the distant hillside.
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> Truly great stuff, a hard act to follow for the other 11
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> photographers ...who do their very best to live up to this challenge,
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> showing  many differing subjects and styles, doing an absolutely
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> masterful job...
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> Altogether, a quite magical collection of great images...by 12 of our
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> Leica photographers, edited beautifully by Geoff Hopkinson...
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> my sincere thoughts....many thanks,<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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> Hi Steve & Crew,
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> What can one say after accolades such as we read here today?  
> "Humbled beyond
> words!" quite frankly hardly describes ones feelings, but it's the  
> only
> expression I can think of.
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> Other than to say, thank you with the greatest of appreciation for  
> your most
> kind words.
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>
>
> But in reality, the success of this book are the results of the 12,  
> not one!
> No question, it's always great to have a cover, be it a book  
> produced as we
> see here. Or the cover of one's own book.
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> I'm only one of twelve, no more no less. We are equal brother  
> photographers
> who had the very good fortune to be members of the family touched  
> for copies
> of our Leica photographs.
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> The end result is really the great efforts and time of Geoff  
> Hopkinson. His
> assembly of the 12 Users is what gives it the magic. The luck of the  
> draw
> resulted in positioning of our work as is the case in any group  
> production.
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> No question, I'm extremely honoured to have the cover and the  
> opening spot.
> But as I've always said. "somebody was looking out for me the day I  
> shot the
> enclosed pictures. Just as now it was the luck of the draw.
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> To Geoff a huge thank you for a wonderful book and incredible  
> production.
> Too my 11 photo brothers.. "Man you guys are the best shooting  
> brothers one
> could have and I'm absolutely honoured to share space with you."    
> Until the
> next time.
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> Cheers,
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> ted
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