I don't think the woman astronaut is an example of the same kind of
thing. She did go into outer space. Since she then had an opportunity
that no accomplished Canadian photographer had, her photography and
book were legitimate.
Paul
On May 29, 2005, at 11:28 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On 5/29/05, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...and council rate payers.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15439931-2,00.html
:-(
What a pile of bat droppings!
The same sort of thing happened here when Canada's first female
astronaut, Roberta Bonday got a great huge government grant to
photograph Canada from the air, and publish it in a book. She'd never
done a professional photo job in her life, and admitted that she'd
only recently become interested in photography, yet she gets a coupla
hundred thousand to do this book (from which she got the profits,
never having to pay the gov't back a cent).
Things like this pretty much leave a real bad taste in my mouth.
cheers,
frank
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