On 21 January 2011 03:24, Tanya Love <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok, so I don't know how I've pulled this off, but in the past four days I
> have managed to put together a huge project for the Flood Appeal.
>
> Tomorrow, I am going, under police/government escort to a little town called
> Grantham. I use the term "town" loosely as there is nothing left of it now.
> :(
>
> It is the spot where over 10 lives were lost and there are still about 8
> missing. It is currently a crime scene and even the towns folk are only
> allowed limited access.
>
> From 6am tomorrow (Saturday), until 6pm Sunday night, I will be there, K-7s
> in tow, photographing the scene and its people for a calendar that I am
> designing.
>
> Don't ask me how but I have endorsement from the AIPP, Pentax Australia and
> Qld Premier Anna Bligh, all of whom will be providing a Foreward and logos
> etc for
> Inclusion in the calendar. We have an initial print run happening of
> 10,000, and the Premier's office itself is paying for the printing! It is
> going to be distributed to every
> Newsagent in the country and possibly into Myer and Target department stores
> too.
>
> There was a meeting last night of the Qld Council of the AIPP, where they
> elected to allow me to wear official AIPP attire, reserved usually only for
> officials and judges
> at the National Awards etc. Apparently, all of those at the meeting were
> chomping at the bit wishing that they were in my shoes. The Chairperson
> even exclaimed in
> astonishment "How the fuck did she manage to get in there?!" To which a
> highly respected photographer, who for some reason has taken me "under his
> wing" this
> past few months replied, "Because she has BALLS, and she is a tenacious
> little thing too!"(He told me this story when I went to his studio to
> collect the uniform today).
>
> Exciting stuff, but to say that I am crapping myself is an understatement,
> this is BIG time. This could really make or break me! Wish me luck!
>
> Oh, and did I mention that I managed to get a rather nice lens on loan from
> CR Kennedy for the expedition too?
>
> Tan.x.
It will make you, Tan; no doubt about it.
You go, Girl! :-)
—M.
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