[Leica] PARIS FASHION PHOTOS 1965

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

On May 3, 2012, at 8:24 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> 
wrote:

> Hi Crew,
> A couple of weeks ago Stasys Petravicius asked about a Paris fashion shoot 
> I did around 1965. Here are three images I managed to find.
> 
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> 
> 1/ The model in plaid and street sweeper standing beside her like a Roman 
> Guard. :-)
> 
> I placed the model kitty corner across the street inter section as the Art 
> Director wanted the red stop sign and restaurant  name above her.
> 
> I told the model I would indicate when I was starting to shoot and as soon 
> as I did, she was to count to 5 then change position. So there she was 
> standing all alone, count 5 and move. All of a sudden the street sweeper 
> guy is coming into frame from the left. He stopped before entering the 
> frame just watching this woman making all these different movements in 
> silence.
> 
> The AD is freaking out as the little guy walks behind her as she keeps 
> moving and I keep shooting. Now the AD is telling me to stop and get that 
> guy the hell out of the scene!  Me? I respond, "No, no, no leave him be 
> and see what happens?"  Well he stopped as you can see in the frame and 
> I'm clicking away as she continues to move. Then the sweeper crossed the 
> street and was gone! 
> 
> AD is pissed off at me for not telling the guy to get out of the shooting 
> area and telling me I'd never shoot for them again because I didn't do 
> what he ordered me to do. Me? I thought I had something different and 
> illustrating we were in Paris! And guess what picture was the lead 
> photograph in the magazine big fashion layout full page lead? ? :-) Yep! 
> This one!!!!!!! :-) However I never shot with the AD ever again! Hell his 
> loss! 
> 
> 2/ Trust me having 2 Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers in dress red 
> serge jacket and a model walking down the middle of the Champs-Elysees in 
> Paris during the middle of the afternoon could be called a death wish!! 
> Drivers gawking, waving, yelling and whistling! It was wild and I kept 
> hoping a driver wouldn't lose control and run over me as I was squatting 
> down moving backwards and couldn't see what was coming from behind.
> 
> 3/  The model and Eiffel Tower was a non-event. Found a location where I 
> could get both against  a clean clear sky and it was click a bunch as she 
> changed positions. In what fashion shoots I've done on locations like this 
> and a crew has been flown in. You better have some obvious land mark 
> images where it's obvious the shoot is taking place in Paris or whever! 
> Certainly after the money spent for flights, accommodation and on-location 
> crew and models. 
> 
> So there you go. However fashion was never a big deal as I hated posing 
> them. Not my cup of tea even if I were paid nicely. :-)


fun Ted...totally spontaneous, unpretentious....unique.



Steve



> 
> cheers,
> Dr. ted :-) 
> 
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