So yeah I've been pretty quiet about all this at the request of my lawyer...who in all honesty I can no longer afford and with even more honesty, never could....
Thanks so much to those of you who wrote Grenade employees on my behalf....super cool...its pretty funny to read the responses. I can't believe what a total dickhead Joseph Condorelli is to straight up lie in his replies to you. Trust me, Grenade never paid me a single penny, never offered to pay me a single penny, there were no misleading emails or emails that I withheld on purpose to make my side of things appear better. As I said I left out 2 emails that received no reply to try and shorten my blog post. There were no emails between Dustin and I like JC suggests...Dustin is my friend and I see him daily. He would have no need to email me....Dustin apologized for days for the shit that Grenade was causing me. they never attempted to get in contact with me after the fact. Not that I can blame them. Im sure I haven't made any friends at that shitty company. I personally know more than one person on this forum that can vouch for every single one of these claims. I didn't post my blog expecting to be paid. I knew I was waging war and it would be the end of contact with them. I was simply trying to warn other photographers what kind of company Grenade is and what they can expect in the real world of snow sport photography.
Long story short, Grenade fucked me, knowing good and well I wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Anything Joseph Condorelli said to you in response to your emails is a big fat lie and an obvious attempt to save face. Anyone who cares to see the original emails between Grenade and myself is more than welcome to ask me for them.
Those of you who are suggesting that this is somehow my own fault because I didn't watermark my photos clearly have no idea what it is you are talking about. Not to sound like a dick, but maybe try working in this industry for a while before you make such ridiculous statements. By your rules, if you left your bike outside your house and forgot to write your name on it, then I came along and took it home with me....is that not theft? would you be pissed off? would you feel I owed you money? would you blog about it? Scumbags steal things from regular hardworking people. I was stolen from. I wasn't even offered an apology. They didn't even own up to their mistake. To make matters worse, after Jospeh Condorelli and crew stole from me, he (and his piece of shit sales reps) called me names, belittled my hard work and basically told me to beat it. Soooooo....what would you do?
Numerous ex-grenade employees and freelance photographers and artists have written me with horror stories about their experiences with Joseph Condorelli and how they too have been bent over by Grenade.
I would love to politely discuss this experience with anyone who has questions or legitimate comments.
Again, thanks to those of you who offered help and support. I posted this same message on Teton Gravity Research. There's quite the discussion going on over there as well.
ps. thanks jordan and dan for holding it down...
pss. peter wojnar.....suck it
