[Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 24: London people

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

Nathan Wajsman SHOWED;
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 24: London people


> As those of your who looked at my London gallery already know, I spent 
> much of last week there, first out and about with my daughter and her 
> boyfriend for a couple of days, then attending a conference co-organised 
> by our office. In my weekly blog, I focus more on the people with whom I 
> spent the week, ranging from an anonymous cat in Brixton to my daughter 
> and Shaun, to former US Senator Chris Dodd. It's all here:
> 
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=1213
> 
> And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.

Nathan mon ami,
You never ever cease to amaze me with what we'll call your, Walk about 
event? Documentary? Story telling with photos.? No matter what, where, nor 
time of day.

You create a "photo story? Photo Essay." Much along the lines of 
documentaries I was assigned to shoot about life across Canada or wherever 
on the planet. Back in the wonderful years of the '60's. And commercials of 
similar nature.

Your short captions add to the value of the photos immensely making the over 
all appearance far more interesting. Words? Always short and sweet and to 
the point.

Some of you folks might appreciate some similarities between Nathans' walk 
about's and my month long walk about assignments doing the same thing as he?

Only shooting wheat harvesting across the prairies, ocean salmon fishing, or 
in the high Arctic on an ice breaker for a month. Or ventures in other parts 
of the world. These weren't visiting a location for a few days. But a month 
or various lengths of times depending on the importance of the subject. And 
I got paid! :-) :-) It was my job! :-) tough! ;-) ;-)

This will give you a bit of an idea why in my personal image collection in 
the National Archives of Canada alone are over 280,000 images. With a 
separate collection of documentary essays and photo-stories of another 
100,000 in The National Gallery of Canada.

But dang the fun, excitement, learning, the wonderful people, wild and crazy 
life-style just never  ended! Is there any wonder most of the time I do wild 
and crazy things in and with my life? Although I must confess I am beginning 
to think I might be getting a "tad old? CRAP!" 

MAN YOU JUST GOTTA LOVE IT!!!! It was a time of photography like no other. 
And we will never ever see again.
cheers,
ted