During my childhood, I saw these 8x10 photos hanging on the wall of my dad's office every time I visited his shop. These photos were done with a fully manual camera that required winding the film between each shot. The first shot was taken in 1969 and the remaining shots were done in either 1970 or 1971. Dad still has the negatives and I'm thinking about getting a new set of prints from those. These are scans of some 8x10 prints that aren't in great shape...
The first photos I recall being captivated by and drawn to were the "Family of Man" a collection by Edward Steichen from photographers all over the world and first shown at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. I saw them at the art museum where I grew up in NH. I think I must have been somewhere between 8 and 10 years old. I kept going back, time after time while the exhibit was there, couldn't get enough. I'd only seen snapshot photos prior to then.
Lucky he didn't develop carpal tunnel syndrome right there, winding and shooting those so fast.
But we now have conflicting evidence as to whether your talent (as distinct from conscious learning efforts) is primarily due to "nature or nurture..."
My dad never shot any photos that I would consider to be artistic... he never even tried... he shot photojournalism in his early years and then product photography later...
Well, I consider it a form of artistry to do either of those well. I do think it influenced you to see him take and display photos, but the rest of my "analysis" was supposed to be a joke.
Congrats on the show! Would love for you to post some "documentary" photos of the display when it's installed.
Those are really cool, I can understand why he had them hanging in his office.
I cringed at the thought of winding any film, it just slows everything down so your Dad did wonderful getting those photos that quickly with a manual camera.
These are the only photos, except for one other still life, that my dad ever framed and displayed as far as i know. He has a box of photos that he calls the 'gory file' that contains lots of photojournalism from when he was in high school and college. These shots include auto accidents, homicides, etc... some of them are truly grotesque. They were used in police investigations and stuff like that. I plan to get my hands on that box of photos one day...
