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My roommate and I recording sound last semester for his documentary short about my Polaroid project. The documentary was assembled for Stories from the Static, a workshop led by Bob Sacha (former National Geographic photographer).
BV#294
Polaroid Impulse
Polaroid 600 film
on his Speed Graphic. c.1940. Nat Farbman, he was a LIFE magazine photographer for many years. I have several of his photographs up here on Flickr. He married Patsy English, a photographer and Ansel Adam's darkroom assistant in the 30's.
Published: 1959 Author: E. M. Belknap; Publisher: New York; Crown Publishers; Hardback. Fifth printing. 338pp. Filled with over 440 b/w photographs. An almost entirely photographic guide to Milk Glass.
My father was my hero, he died when I was 12. He was an avid amateur photographer, w/ a darkroom in our basement until I was 8. I recently went through some of his photos and had them scanned onto a CD. Here are some of the interesting ones.
At a sidewalk sale on Libery at Valencia
It was originally 50 cents
I'll link to the issue in the Life archive on google when I get home
Update: Here is the issue
books.google.com/books?id=iFMEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=front...
The article on Cronkite starts on page 50
President Manuel Roxas sits in a meeting with members of the cabinet, with Vice President and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Elpidio Quirino seated opposite the President. On March 31, 2003 Proclamation No. 348 named this room the Roxas Cabinet Room.
(Photo courtesy of LIFE Magazine.)
A billboard artist rendering the famous "V-J Day" photo that appeared in Life Magazine at the end of World War II. Seen from the High Line park.
The caption reads "She decides to die in spite of Doctor Bottles." It's from a collection entitled "A Widow And Her Friends" from 1900. This pieces was given to me by Maury Wilkinson, and then I framed it. It appeared in Life Magazine, and was drawn by Charles Dana Gibson. The series is commonly referred to as "Gibson Girls"
See the companion piece at: flickr.com/photos/darsys/2790121456/