Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ted Grant: Personal photographer to the PM[Off-topic]
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 09:08:50 -0700
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ted grant  wrote:

> >Joe Clark,
> >
> >Both as Leader of the Opposition and as PM for a short while. He only
> >lasted a short while! ;-)<<<<<<<

Greg Locke responded: 
> I had an equally short stint with John Turner. (maybe shorter?)
> Do you think it was just a coincidence, Ted :^)<<<<<<<<<<

Hi Greg,
Draped with Leicas to capture behind the scenes "magical moments" of the
Honourable Robert Stanfield, Leader of the Opposition and Joe Clark as
Leader and PM, they were both short lived. 

Maybe it has something to do with, "you and I were bad luck!"  ;-) 

However, my stint with Mr. Stanfield and in particular Joe Clark,
produced a very extensive behind the scenes look of men in the highest
office of the country now in the files of the National Archives of Canada.

It's my understanding from Archives,  the coverage of Joe Clark is the
most in-depth ever done on a political official.  Fortunately I had
access to both his home life and every day operation on the political
side, whether on the road or offices on Parliament Hill.

Mine was a very unique situation that has never been given to any other
photographer I know of in Canada.

There is also a B&W book on Joe Clark published in 1977, "Joe Clark, the
Emerging Leader." published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, out of print, that
shows some of the material while I did my thing as a photojournalist.

ted

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