[Leica] On Both Sides NOW BRAVO TV FIM DATE also weeding the archives.

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

So, did you toss or recycle?
:-)


--- Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote:

> Ted - I'll be watching.  Thanks for letting us know.
> 
> Ruthless editing is the key.  I just threw out about
> 5000 slides and I  
> still have way too many - about 4500 left.  I'll
> weed again after I  
> get over that first bout with the archive.  I'd like
> to get it down to  
> a few hundred of the ones my family is most likely
> to want.
> 
> This is to say nothing of my negatives, of course. 
> That's a whole  
> other problem.
> 
> After 50 years of photography, I've just go too much
> stuff!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dick
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 30, 2008, at 8:48 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
> 
> > Steve Barbour asked:
> >
> >>> what will the future hold?<<
> >
> > To keep this on topic, future and our pictures,
> negatives or digital  
> > I'd
> > like to say we finally have the premier broadcast
> date on BRAVO TV  
> > for the
> > documentary film about this old fart who's career
> spans over a half  
> > century.
> > :-) Who's basic life work is now housed in the
> vaults of the National
> > Archives of Canada. It's in the film to see.
> >
> > So mark your calendars, those who have cable or
> satellite dish it's,  
> > March
> > 4th 8 PM EST. adjust to your local time. The
> title, "Ted Grant. The  
> > Art of
> > Observation."
> >
> >
> >
> > Now back on topic "what happens to our pictures in
> the after life  
> > and who
> > cares?"
> >
> > My recommendation? Be a ruthless editor without
> ego! Not every  
> > exposure is
> > to die for, dump the "crap" we've shot and keep
> only those with some
> > reasonable historical value. The more you keep the
> bigger the file,
> > particularly if you don't edit severely! Then
> hoping someone in the  
> > family
> > may look after what we've done when we're playing
> "angel shooter in  
> > the
> > clouds." Or location of your choice. ;-)
> >
> > And the people of the future, a hundred or more
> years, are they  
> > going to be
> > holding their breathe to see our happy snaps.
> Like, get over it!
> >
> > Sure a guy like Capa and other notables published
> world wide during  
> > the
> > great days of magazine reportage is seen as
> "historical photography"  
> > for a
> > number of reasons. The times of turmoil and world
> development, but  
> > most of
> > all the magazines every week had bold photo
> layouts we could hold in  
> > hand
> > for as long as we wanted looking at pictures.
> >
> > That kind of material is collectable and that's
> why we know the  
> > names of the
> > greats of the past.
> >
> > Quickly without thinking, name three notable
> photojournalists of  
> > today with
> > the same international reputation as Capa, Smith
> and Eisenstaedt.  
> > Not likely
> > you can quickly, as we don't have the magazines we
> did back in the  
> > good old
> > days of appreciating a photograph for a period of
> time. Unlike today  
> > it
> > flashes on the TV screen and it's gone. Or if in a
> magazine it's lost
> > amongst the whores of Hollywood and other so
> called celebs!
> >
> > Sorry getting off track. But these days whether
> you shoot digital or  
> > film
> > the bottom line is, do you really believe anyone a
> hundred years  
> > from now
> > are going to give a rats ass about whether your
> pictures are there  
> > or not?
> >
> > ted
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org
> >
>
[mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org]
> On Behalf Of  
> > Steve
> > Barbour
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:07 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] On Both Sides
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 30, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Lottermoser George
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> And further - each can be archived, sensibly or
> not.
> >
> >> The life expectancy of film, paper, and / or
> digital information
> >
> >> depends on the intelligence and interest of the
> archivist; and / or
> >
> >> their heirs; dependent on air quality, light
> intensity, time and
> >
> >> temperature; they will all affect film, paper,
> cd's, dvd's, hard
> >
> >> drives, etc.
> >
> >> Ultimately, those handling the material, over
> time, need to have
> >
> >> real interest in preserving it.
> >
> >>
> >
> >> Do you film folks know what your great grand
> children will think of
> >
> >> your collection of tri-x?
> >
> >
> >
> > can you imagine, if we were just finding 3  old
> suitcases full of
> >
> > Capa's CD's...  ?
> >
> >
> >
> 
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