Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely! I got a copy from Ted for my woman doc wife some time ago. It is a gold mine of superb work that every thoughtful photographer will enjoy and learn from. Cheers Geoff *Life's not black and white, except at both ends* http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 13 May 2011 06:12, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote: > Anyone interested in B&W photography should get this. It's a bargain! > > > > > > Women in Medicine. A Celebration of their Work. >> >> >> >> I have just acquired the remaining copies of this award-winning book >> illustrating the daily lives of women in medicine. It was created on >> location in hospitals throughout North America by two photojournalists >> using >> Leica cameras and b&w film. >> >> >> >> One of the most unique aspects? . "The Art of Observation illustrated by >> these two photographers covering the same subject in various locations and >> not being able to tell which photographer took which photograph! A tribute >> to their equally matched abilities as photojournalists." >> >> >> >> READER COMMMENT: >> >> >> >> Ted Grant, one of Canada's best kept secret, and his prot?g? Sandy Carter >> break no ground in Women In Medicine. A Celebration of Their Work. There >> is >> nothing new here. Instead, they present us with a work of classic >> documentary photography; two outstanding photographers venturing forth >> into >> a world new to most of us, returning with a collection of photographic >> moments that together show us what it is like to be a woman in the male >> dominated world of medicine. >> >> >> I say Ted Grant is a Canada's best kept secret because he is little known >> outside his own country. But there he is a true star in the field of >> photojournalism. For more than 60 years Grant has been shooting for major >> Canadian newspapers; his work of 280,000 images is in the permanent >> collection of the Canadian national archives, and a few years back, he and >> Karsh of Ottawa, perhaps the best known classic portrait photographer of >> the >> past 50 years, received the same life time achievement award. >> >> >> Women In Medicine. A Celebration of Their Work, will remind you of nothing >> so much as the LIFE Magazine work of W. Eugene Smith, inventor of the >> magazine photo essay. Look at the photos of these women in scrubs at the >> end >> of an endless shift, and you can't help think of Smith's classic essay, >> "Country Doctor." What makes Grant and Carter's work all the more >> impressive, is that unlike Smith, they neither set up any shots, nor did >> they use any flash or other supplementary lighting. Grant makes no bones >> about distaining the use of what he calls "twinkie" lights - flash. When >> the >> light disappears he just pulls out the Noctilux for one of his Leica M7s, >> and pushes his Tri-X a stop further. >> >> >> While this is a book that will appeal to any woman in medicine, be she a >> physician, a nurse, a nurse midwife, or a tech of any type, and while it >> is >> also a book that demands a place on the bookshelf of anyone who loves a >> woman in medicine, it is first of all a book for anyone who loves classic, >> black and white, available light >> >> documentary photography. >> >> >> >> The special price for the autographed copies includes a six-page >> "Photographer's Supplement" explaining many of the photographic techniques >> and the lighting motivations of the photographs. It also includes an open >> invitation to contact the photographers with any questions about their >> work. >> >> >> >> Ted Grant tedgrant at shaw.ca Sandy Carter sc-photo at comcast.net >> >> >> >> COST $40.00 plus shipping $10.00 please order via e-mail Thank you. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- > > Henning J. Wulff > Wulff Photography & Design > mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > http://www.archiphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >