I just now turned on my computer to write to you to see if you had any news.
I had emailed him a few days ago and not heard anything back. This is sad
news. Thank you for the information. Do you know if the corona virus has
anything to do with this? I see that as of now, the virus is not a major
factor in Canada, but the trend just started to climb a few weeks ago there.
Aram
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From: David Young
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2020 10:22 AM
To: LRFlex
Subject: [LRflex] Ted Grant
Long time Flexers will know the name Ted Grant.
Ted used to be a regular participant of this list, but in the last couple of
years, his posts have become few and far between. More recently they were
sometimes a rambling mess. It happens.
But in his prime, Ted was widely known as the father of Canadian
photojournalism.
He has the largest collection of negatives from a single photographer in the
National Archives of Canada, at 280,000+ images. He has another 100,000
images in the collection of Canada's National Gallery.
He has won more awards than I knew existed. He has received honourary
doctorates for his work and has received one of Canada's highest honours,
the Order of Canada, for his photography.
To me, the crowning glory came when the US Magazine simply called him
"Canada's greatest living photographer".
During the 7 years Rose and I lived in Victoria, we would have dinners with
the Grant's, alternating every couple of weeks, at their home or ours.
As you can imagine, dinners with Ted & Irene were filled with the
incredible, but true stories of Ted's experiences. Like the time he had a 6
minute window to photograph Queen Elizabeth, brought his Leicas but
neglected to bring film! (Another photographer tossed him a roll.)
One of my most pleasant memories is a warm summer afternoon spent, years
ago, in the back yard of Ted & Irene's Victoria home, along with two mutual
friends, Tom Abrahamsson (inventor/builder of the Rapidwinder for film Leica
M's) and Joseph Yao (physician & noted photographer from Hong Kong), sorting
through stacks of 11x14" prints, helping to choose which ones should be
included in Ted's book "Doctor's Work".
Ted will turn 91 on the 27th of May. If he makes it that far.
I've just been told that Ted has been moved to a Hospice and I fear it will
be a one-way trip.
We wish him well.
David.
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