Sorry, Aram. I know no more than I have said.
It may be related to Covid-19, but I don't know that. I only surmise, because
I did not know that he had any serious health conditions.
I will keep all members of this list informed, when I know more.
David.
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
-----Original Message-----
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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