Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/01

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Subject: [Leica] Born At Risk...
From: s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)
Date: Sun Aug 1 21:10:26 2004
References: <004c01c477c7$6f29e3b0$6601a8c0@ccapr.com> <004301c477dc$1e0856f0$87d86c18@ted>


> B. D. Colen offered: very nice things.
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Born At Risk...
>
>
> > Oh, riiiiiight, Ted....And speaking of "the master" -
> > Having just seen Ted - and Sandy's - stunning new book on Women in
> > Medicine, I would urge any and all LUGers to order a copy before they're
> > all gone; it's a definite "must have" for LUG photobook collections. And
> > looking at it, you'll realize from looking at Sandy's work, and thinking
> > about how new she is to the world of documentary photography, that Ted
> > is clearly as good a teacher as he is a shooter. :-)<<<<
>
> Thanks B.D. mon ami. :-)
>
> >>you'll realize from looking at Sandy's work, and thinking
> > about how new she is to the world of documentary photography, that Ted
> > is clearly as good a teacher as he is a shooter. <<
>
> Thanks, but I have to say Sandy has an absolute natural photographic
talent
> to see. All I did was open her eyes to the importance of light. The rest
is
> history.
>
> I think one of the great elements of the book is, even from people who
know
> my work, but have seen nothing or very little of Sandy's until now, it's
> very difficult to tell who took which picture on which page. In effect we
> support each other in a way that I feel makes this an extremely unique
> photographic book.
>
> It's a rarity for two photographers to work on the same subject in
different
> locations and not have tell tale style or eye showing their differences
page
> to page.  And without looking at photo credits in the back it appears
there
> was only one photographer.
>
> A side note: ;-)
> "When we saw the first layout I had the front cover. :-) So she says...
> "Thank God, as I would've never heard the end of the whining and crying!"
> :-) However, she has the back cover with an excellent photograph, so it
kind
> of evened us out. :-)
>
> When she first became my assistant she didn't have the eye she has to day,
> but I feel her talent only required releasing. So working on many
> assignments to-gether it opened the door for her hidden ability to be
shown
> to the world.
>
> ERGO: "Women in Medicine. A celebration of their Work."
>
> ted
>
It,s funny ,since i received your book i have been trying hard to tell you
apart.Nice to know i,m not the only one.
simon jessurun
amsterdam


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