Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom and I will be there! Looking forward to it. Well deserved congratulations!! Tina On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 12:26 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Crew, > > A couple of things : Printer and invitation to New York GALLERY SHOW! :-). > > > > Today I had the great pleasure of signing the prints for the LEICA GALLERY > New York presentation 24 April 2014. opening. > > I have never seen prints made of this caliber any where before! "My > printer!" :-) > > > > Well OK. c'mon now it was "cool for HCB to have a printer!' ;-) ;-) Laugh > now for heaven sakes I'm joking a bit. :-) HCB had a printer along with a > bunch of those really old guys who no longer can tell you how they did it? > ;-) The neat part about me? I can still tell you how it was during the > past 65 years without any bullshit! :-) Nor fancy lying writers! :-) > > > > And because I come along with a line about "my printer?" Some people will > get wet pants because I said it. No what! Pee yourselves silly simply > because only those who attend the New York show will see what this printer > has done. Truly beyond your wildest imagination! > > > > Such an incredible printer that only those who have the good fortune to > visit the New York Gallery will appreciate what I'm saying. In all my years > I've never seen print quality such as he has pulled out of some ancient > negs/slides and or old time prints. > > They truly are quite amazing. > > > > In any event copied below is a copy of the invite to the opening you might > like to have a look at. Maybe a bit long. I DIDN'T WRITE IT EITHER! :-) But > it's interesting! :-) Smile! > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == > > > > LEICA GALLERY NEW YORK > > > > Ted Grant > > Sixty Years of Legendary Photojournalism > > > > Opening reception Thursday, April 24, 2014, 6-8 pm > > Duration April 25-June 7, 2014 > > Opening Hours Tue-Fri 12-6 pm, Sat 12-5 pm > > > > Since Yousuf Karsh died in 2002, Ted Grant is generally recognized as > Canada's greatest living photographer. - Photographer's Forum Magazine > > > > Renowned photojournalist Ted Grant has made a career out of being in the > right place at the right time. Over his sixty years in the business, he has > immortalized some of the greatest events in history and caught some of the > world's most famous and elusive subjects in rare moments of unaffected > humanity. His photographs have been featured in numerous ads and > publications worldwide, and he has been a teacher and mentor to countless > students of photography and medicine through his lectures at Leica > International Seminars, Yale Medical School, and Carleton University. > > > > Although he may be best known for his candid shots of political leaders > and other dignitaries-including Pierre Trudeau, Ronald Reagan, Jackie > Kennedy, Margaret Thatcher, David Ben-Gurion, and Patrice Lumumba-Grant has > never tied himself down to just one subject. He has covered several Olympic > Games, conducted investigative assignments for the National Film Board of > Canada on topics ranging from Arctic ice fishing to prairie cattle drives, > and silently documented medical professionals in the midst of life-saving > surgeries. > > > > Most people know the work of the man who captured Canada's fifteenth prime > minister sliding down the banister, but few people know Ted Grant's > name-until now. In 2013, the definitive story of Canada's greatest > photographer appeared at last. Thelma Fayle's Ted Grant: Sixty Years of > Legendary Photojournalism presents an even-handed cross-section of Grant's > lifework, but, more than that, provides an iconic and intimate portrait of > the second half of the twentieth century, Canada's coming of age, and the > man who saw it all through the lens of his camera. As varied as these > images are, Ted's respect for all of his subjects, his ability to cut > through the fa?ades of public figures and coax ordinary citizens into the > limelight, is evident in each and every one. > > > > In the 1930s, people called it a lazy eye. Ted Grant had one. The doctor > gave him a patch to wear over his good eye, intending to strengthen the > weaker one. Ted headed back to school, where he was promptly told by his > teacher to "take that thing off." She thought he was being the class clown. > > Fast forward a few years, and, if Malcolm Gladwell's theory as suggested > in his book Outliers > > is correct, the intensity of Ted's early shooting regimen would be a > factor in his ultimate success as an outlier. Ted completed his initial ten > thousand hours of photography practice before he was twenty-five years > old-not bad considering he only received his first camera when he was > twenty-one. Ted's way of seeing the world with his one good eye was > evolving. - Thelma Fayle > > > > How many prime ministers, kings, or presidents have you ever seen hop on a > railing and slide down-clean, completely balanced, and arms outstretched? > For anyone who remembers the intense, confident, and playful nature of this > former prime minister of Canada, we know the image presents a symbolic > facsimile of the subject's inspired life. > > > > If I hadn't turned around when I heard people starting to laugh, I would > have missed it. I took three shots with a hand-held, manually focused Leica > at ASA 800. Two of the three shots were out of focus. - Ted Grant > > > > Ted Grant has published five books and is the recipient of many awards, > including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association of > Photographers and Illustrators in Communication, an honorary doctorate of > laws degree from the University of Victoria, and both a gold and silver > medal for photographic excellence from the National Film Board of Canada. A > collection of over 300,000 of his photographs is housed at the Ted Grant > Photo Collection in the National Archives of Canada. He lives in Victoria, > British Columbia. > > > > Front cover: Pierre Trudeau, 1968 > > Back cover: Jackie Kennedy, 1961; Ottawa Mayor Charlotte Whitten, 1958; > Ben-Gurion's Hair, 1961 > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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