Self Portrait ~ Dedicated to my father Ralph Crane who was a long time LIFE Magazine staff photographer
[This is part of the Set about my Father and his home town, Halberstadt: www.flickr.com/photos/44548980@N00/sets/72157600287407882... ]
This was my description written a couple years ago when I first posted this photo for my birthday:
I want to dedicate this photo to my dear father Ralph Crane who gave me eyes to see the world --- from the heart.
Ralph Crane was a photojournalist - from 1931 when he was 18 years old, living in his home town of Halberstadt, Germany to the day he left us - way too soon, in 1988. He freelanced for several photo agencies, was published by the New York Times newspaper, the International Herald Tribune, Smithsonian, and countless other newspapers and magazines during the early days of photojournalism, and is best known for his photos published by LIFE magazine, from the first issue of the classic LIFE, in 1936, until its last issue in 1972. Here is his story: www.flickr.com/photos/44548980@N00/sets/72157600287407882/ .
Regarding this photo above: I was in San Francisco in April celebrating my love Peter Temple's 50th birthday. We enjoyed eating at a great little Indian restaurant called Tasty Curry by Golden Gate Park. They have fantastic murals on the walls! I am doing a self portrait here, looking into a mirror, and yes, that's a bandaid on my nose but I like this self portrait anyway. I had just had a little skin cancer removed. Too much Tahiti, California, New Mexico, and Colorado sunshine in my life, but still plenty of my nose left. ;0)
Self Portrait ~ Dedicated to my father Ralph Crane who was a long time LIFE Magazine staff photographer
[This is part of the Set about my Father and his home town, Halberstadt: www.flickr.com/photos/44548980@N00/sets/72157600287407882... ]
This was my description written a couple years ago when I first posted this photo for my birthday:
I want to dedicate this photo to my dear father Ralph Crane who gave me eyes to see the world --- from the heart.
Ralph Crane was a photojournalist - from 1931 when he was 18 years old, living in his home town of Halberstadt, Germany to the day he left us - way too soon, in 1988. He freelanced for several photo agencies, was published by the New York Times newspaper, the International Herald Tribune, Smithsonian, and countless other newspapers and magazines during the early days of photojournalism, and is best known for his photos published by LIFE magazine, from the first issue of the classic LIFE, in 1936, until its last issue in 1972. Here is his story: www.flickr.com/photos/44548980@N00/sets/72157600287407882/ .
Regarding this photo above: I was in San Francisco in April celebrating my love Peter Temple's 50th birthday. We enjoyed eating at a great little Indian restaurant called Tasty Curry by Golden Gate Park. They have fantastic murals on the walls! I am doing a self portrait here, looking into a mirror, and yes, that's a bandaid on my nose but I like this self portrait anyway. I had just had a little skin cancer removed. Too much Tahiti, California, New Mexico, and Colorado sunshine in my life, but still plenty of my nose left. ;0)