It sounds like you overcame a lot of difficulties, persevered, and in the process looked out for others interests. I think you deserve your rewards. Congratulations Lasse
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lasse Karlsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 8:47 PM Subject: Boy, am I good!! Or what? > Here comes part three. > Now we're approaching what I meant by the subject line. > > I got this film scanner last week. I have been scanning a lot of very > old as well as recent rolls and frames. > Quite a few times I have stopped just to watch some picture that I > never really seen before, other than as a neg or in a b&w contact > sheet. You know the feeling when you find or have made a copy that you > are very satisfied with. Inother words, it has been a rewarding > experience to get real access to your photos directly from the > negatives. > > Anyway, as I reported some time ago, I was offered to do an exhibition > during an upcoming jazz festival in February, that I am also working > on. > It was more or less made clear (or at least said that probably) some > sort of funds would come > to my disposal. > However, this involved me sending an application to the town's > "cultural department" asking for some money. I got some advice, or > even practical assistance in doing so, since I really don't know the > routines nor what formalities, budget calculations were supposed top > go along with it. Well, the one in charge of it all - head of the > town's "cultural department" - who also was the one asking mein the > first place, helped me out and practically directed me what to put in > my application. I just went along and said sure, that sounds great, > can one do that? etc.. > I happen to mention that I probably had at least fifty rolls of > undeveloped film that I couldn't afford to get developed from the last > couple of years. So he put this in the application too, 50 rolls of > film at xx$$.... > Anyway, tonight the board in charge considered my application and > guess what!? They granted me around $$1.500 to cover my expenses for > the exhibition (including development of the films I had mentioned). > This is not all. This man, "head of town's cultural affairs", also > firmly suggest I also apply for an Aland "state"grant for another > $$1.500 just to make sure my photos will be shown at another jazz > festival in summer... > > Now - and this is where the subject line gets in - if one gets such a > grant to do an exhibition, it's got to mean at least something, like > there must be at least something to my pictures that takes me to all > this money. > Please tell me so, or is it possible they are all in lack of better > judgement? > (It was required too that I submitted a number of "workproofs", which > in my case consisted of some twenty ordinary 10x15cm prints, > completely un(re)touched by me....) > > I really have a hard time realizing all this. Lately my finances have > been so poor I almost stopped shooting, other than the already paid > for assignments. > Someone seemingly really must like me. > (Pity it's not a nude model wannabe though, but you can't expect it > all to happen at once, now can you... > :-.) > > (There actually is an other amusing photographer's tale to be told > behind all this, but it will have to be another time. > It actually all seems to have it's origin at an instance about a year > ago (which I partly reported on to the list), when I was forced (by > financial difficulties, as my regular Pentax AF equipment was locked > in a pawn shop) to do a couple of day's assignment on my only back up > gear: a total of $$20 system consisting of an old manual Chinon, > literally falling to pieces, one 50mm lens and a no name $3 flash...) > I really seem to have made good use of that 50mm, don't I. > > Really funny, ain't it, in retrospect. > > Thanks all for reading all this. Just felt I had to tell you. > Lasse > >
