Casa Grande Ruins - AZ 1992
Smokers - Colorado Springs 1975
Barracks - Ft Bragg - 1977
Girlfriend - Hampton, VA 1973
Drill Team - Hampton, VA 1973
Reflectos - Colorado Springs 1975
Social Studies - Colorado Springs 1975
Ride Home - Colorado Springs 1975
Couple - Colorado Springs 1975
Sisters - Hampton, VA 1972
Move - Hampton, VA 1971
Caca Fuego - St Augustine, FL 1983
Pinky - St Johns County 1980
Roommate - Ft Bragg 1976
SSgt - Ft Bragg 1976
Statue of Liberty - NYC 1984
Army Women - Ft Bragg 1979
Best Friend and his Girl Friend - Ft Bragg 1979
Girlfriend - Hampton, VA 1973
Drill Team - Hampton, VA 1973
Reflectos - Colorado Springs 1975
Social Studies - Colorado Springs 1975
Ride Home - Colorado Springs 1975
Couple - Colorado Springs 1975
Sisters - Hampton, VA 1972
Move - Hampton, VA 1971
Caca Fuego - St Augustine, FL 1983
Pinky - St Johns County 1980
Roommate - Ft Bragg 1976
SSgt - Ft Bragg 1976
Statue of Liberty - NYC 1984
Army Women - Ft Bragg 1979
Best Friend and his Girl Friend - Ft Bragg 1979
Hawk - Ft Bragg 1979
Tretorn- Essex 1986
Hay Street - Fayetteville, NC 1977
Tretorn- Essex 1986
Hay Street - Fayetteville, NC 1977
Suzy Wong Club - Fayetteville, NC 1977
these are great. and here you are always go talking about how shitty of a photographer you are. shame on you,
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I'm glad my den looks just like your folks' place in '72 minus the paisley wall hanging.
ReplyDeleteGirlfriend (Bragg/'72) looks surly and fun. I hope you're still in touch.
Foster- Thanks. I was going thru old negs and slides and a lot of this was never printed outside a contact sheet.
ReplyDeleteStew- I'll need to make a correction. That was my best friend's gfriend. I asked her out, she turned me down and then he asked her out and she accepted. No longer in touch with her but am with him. I'd prefer it the other way around but it is what it is.
I had no idea you had a portfolio! Some of these are brilliant: the super-saturated Statue of Liberty/pistol with blurred statue in background; the introspective Ft. Bragg roomate (jumping rope?); a disconcertingly composed picture of a disconcerting Colorado Springs couple; a nice classroom moment; and a US Monument ruins that can only be described as Garry Winogrand-esque with perhaps a little Joel Meyerowitz's Cape Cod thrown in. There are others, but these are my standout favorites.
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-DB
Love the Tretorn image. Yep, 1986, that's about right.
ReplyDeleteI love the super mod decor in the photo of the two sisters.
ReplyDeletephenomenal pictures. when i first saw the "Smokers" i thought i was looking at Leif Garrett. i love every shot so please post more.
ReplyDeletetake care.
These are great - you've always been you!
ReplyDeletethat statue of liberty shot is amazing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Same camera throughout or different aparatus?
ReplyDeleteSuper post. Art Polaroids before Art Polaroids were cool.
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These are great "life" shots. You certainly have an eye with the camera.
ReplyDeleteTintin --- I love to thumb through a tub of old photos - and the thoughts of friends and good times roll back .. a wish to get back together - if only you could. That's what photography is for - memories that choke you up and make life real again.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes -- Paul
Are those the barracks on the north side of Butner Rd? Oh yeah, and fuck Fayetteville. I start clearing tomorrow. Thank God.
ReplyDeleteADG said it best. Great life shots from a truly interesting life! Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteMonsieur Legume of Trailer Trad
Wow. How scientific or deliberate is this collection? I love it. (Especially the first shot.) Please post more!
ReplyDeleteDB- Thank you. It means a lot coming from you.
ReplyDeleteJMW- They were fresh outta the Talbots in Essex, CT.
Belle- Flokati Rug from the Submarine Fact't in Old Town Alexandria.
Kiki- I was shooting for the yearbook but they fired me. These were the smokers who hung out on a small hill over the student parking lot.
Cath- Always been me? I guess so.
Foster- Thanks. You didn't know I was a cop? Where you been?
Anon Eng Femme- From the beginning:
124 Instamatic Early 70's
110 Hays Street
Topcon Super RE Mid 70's
Yashica Electro 35 Army 70's
Olympus OM-1 80's
Legume- Polo what?
DAG- Shoot long enough you get lucky.
Paul- You're gettin me all misty.
T Bone- Those were very close to Pope. Are they still fuckin there?
You ETS'ing?
Mons Legume- ADG hasn't figured out how to take a lens cap off camera.
What school in Colorado Springs were those photos taken at? I'm from there myself and curious if I know any of the places.
ReplyDeleteamazing.. i am from pueblo! what a small world...
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Drowning Creek blackwater
Huh?
Ta'er
Excellent. Great photos. Just when I was starting to get over my nostalgia bug.
ReplyDeleteI'm always the caboose on these comments. Living in a different time zone can be a drag. It's those Tretorns. They are bloody great.
ReplyDeleteLike the array of photos! I just did a post on gulls and jacks the other day.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing;
I grew up in the 70's and it was a wonderful time. Miss the world the wat it was sometimes.
L.
Alice- Thank you. I'll see what I can dig out of the archives this weekend.
ReplyDeleteAlexandra - WHS
Red Ticking- Was in Pueblo twice. Moving to Colo Spgs and leaving Colo Spgs. Homeless Army Brat. "I got no place to go..."
Tater- More like Gosnold's Hope Park, what?
LWing- You're missing your calling.
HTJ- I think she paid $20 for them. These'll be knocked off in time for SS/2011.
LMF- I do like to put on KC and the Sunshine Band and break out my Windmill dance moves while sweating in a 100% poly Nik Nik shirt. Oh, to be young again.
I love the Liberty shot with the scaffolding in the background! It brings back great memories.
ReplyDeleteAnon- Were you there with me? C'mon...dish up your initials.
ReplyDeletetintin - Believe it or not, they are still there, though they're not used as barracks anymore. Bragg has transformed quite a bit, even in the short time I was there, but some of the "legacy" facilities are somehow still around. And yes, I'm ETSing. Two deployments in four years is enough for me, thanks very much.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. I am assuming that you guys were near FT Monroe, I have been here all my life, (NN, VA). Only fifteen minutes away.
ReplyDeleteThose drill pictures look familiar, was that on base?
TWJ
oh my gosh! Tretorns! I had forgotten...
ReplyDeleteLove the photos. Love the sensibility. Have no idea who you are, but my wife is making me throw away some old Chemises Lacostes. Noticed they were made in France and was curious when they stopped making them there. Did some searching and came across your site. When I see some of your thrift shop finds it's like I'm looking in my own closet. Episcopal church basements--treasure troves of the best clothing you'll ever find. I miss the long tails on the old shirts, too! This may sound weird, but speaking as an old thrift shop hand I can tell you that mid-60s and earlier JCPenney stuff invariably has a cool look. I now live on Curacao, so not much need for anything other than the odd Lacoste, shorts and sandals.
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