Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just for fun I googled "when you photograph people in colour, you photograph their clothes." That returned about 250,000 hits with the complete quote. I did not look at all 250,000, but most all I looked at had the proper attribution. What does it mean? That it's a famous quote, I guess. Oh wait, we already knew that. OK, back to work. Ken -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of tedgrant at shaw.ca Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 8:35 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] JOHANNASBURG PLAQUE & LOCATION Ken my goodness my friend, I too should've added a few smiley's!! The bottom line really is.. "WHO CARES?" ;-) :-) >>>> I have heard it for many years, but did not know the source. Do >>>> you know > how it happened to be there?<<<< Not a clue? I've used it as a quotation for many many years simply because it's sort of how I relate to my photography of people over the past 60 years. :-) Rarely without thought. One day an e-mail turned up on the screen with...... "I saw this the other day, are you the same Ted Grant?" And there was an unknown name and the tips of toes partially on the plaque!" Eventually some searching and while doing so damned if I didn't get another post? Then it became a real challenge to chase it down. So over a few years all of a sudden these latest e-mails began to happen. One from the USA . People on their holidays. Still no idea who, nor how it was selected for this shopping mall in Johannesburg? Maybe some day I'll find out? If and when I win the lottery and can afford the plane fare? I'm on my way to track it down. :-) :-) Will let you know! :-) cheers, ted -- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] JOHANNASBURG PLAQUE & LOCATION > Oh. Well, if Americans spell it as color, it should be that way > everywhere, > wouldn't one think? OK, I've really got to remember that smiley thing. > Congratulations again, it is no small thing to see your quote so far away. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > tedgrant at shaw.ca > Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 5:53 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] JOHANNASBURG PLAQUE & LOCATION > > Ken Carney OFFERED: > Subject: Re: [Leica] JOHANNASBURG PLAQUE & LOCATION > > >> Congratulations, Ted. They did misspell "color", though. > > Hi Ken, > Unfortunately my friend they didn't spell it incorrectly! :-) :-) > American's > spell it "color!" Correct in your language.:-) > > In English language in many other countries where the language evolved in > writing and spelling, it's spelled, " Colour!" Just one of those things > from years gone by when the letter "U" was dropped by the Americans???? > From > many English spelling words . Or something along those lines? > > > > cheers, > Dr. ted > > > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >> tedgrant at shaw.ca >> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 4:17 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: [Leica] JOHANNASBURG PLAQUE & LOCATION >> >> >> Hi Crew, >> Well here you are photo proof of the quotation and location in a big >> shopping mall in Johannesburg. >> >> A photographer friend went and shot it ! :-) >> >> Who'd have ever thought one could be quoted and used on the other side >> of the world? :-) COOL man! :-) >> >> cheers, >> Dr. ted :-) >> >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ted+grant/20130212_180716.jpg.html >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information