08.09.08
The Blessing of Mr. Lee
So I had a nice surprise last week; I got a message on Flickr from someone claiming to work for Mr Lee, who invented the Holga camera. She was looking for photographs to hang at their headquarters in Hong Kong. I mentioned my book, which she hadn’t heard of, and got very nice feedback, and a little mention of them wanting to start doing some shows and events. The name of the comany was unfamiliar, and this all sounded too good to be true, so I checked it out with people in the know, and it turns out that Tokina Company is owned by Universal Electronics, which I credit with being the producer of the Holga in my book. I sent them off a copy of the book, signed personally to Mr Lee, thanking him for the Holga. This is the response I got last night:
Wow!!! From the man himself! The list of things they’re sending off to me is crazy long; this should be fun to unpack!
This is the photograph of him that appears on page 8 of my book:
photo taken by Skorj with a Fujipet camera
A very exciting moment!! I hope I can start doing some talks with them – we’ll see how it all plays out!
~Michelle
Meesh said,
November 3, 2008 at 2:01 pm
OK, so I was a little confused… The letter is from Mr Joseph Lee, who is the head of the Tokina Company. Mr T.M. Lee, in the photo, is the man who invented the Holga. He is Joesph Lee’s uncle, and is retired. But now he’s seen my book, and loves it!