Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: >Some of you are aware of and have purchased my coffee table B&W book, "This >is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler." I received my copy of Ted's book a couple of days ago - and it has been an utter pleasure to look through it again and again. Long, deeply involved observational work such as Ted managed to do in the hospital is, as far as I am concerned, one of the most wonderful and worthwhile things you can do with a camera. Documentary films about subjects like this are very difficult to make well, and even if you end up with an hour of edited film, that projected or broadcast hour is so brief, so quickly over. By contrast, books such as Ted's repay many, many viewings and provide a depth of insight that documentary film, with its restless movement and its obligations towards narrative and structure, struggles to attain. I thought the book was astonishing value at its original price - it is BEAUTIFULLY produced. So I'm ordering a further two copies - it will make a wonderful Christmas present - particularly to anyone interested in photography or medicine. Simon, London.