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[jimhair]

Since high school I’ve always carried a camera with me, and in 1973 as I walked to class @ucsc I saw Angela Davis walking nearby. Of course I asked if I might make a photograph of her, and she was very patient with a young, naïve, entitled, white hippy kid. I love the entire process involved in making photographs, even spotting, and especially sending a print off to a new home @sfplbookarts @sfpubliclibrary There are some of my photographs that I think should be part of an historical collection, and since I’m partial to libraries, the San Francisco Main Library has kindly accepted a few of my prints. It doesn’t seem possible that this image was made nearly 50 years ago. Today marks Professor Davis’ 79th birthday. Also, there is a special exhibition “Seize the Time” @oaklandmuseumca I hope to see before it closes in June Angela Davis, Santa Cruz, 1973 🇺🇦💔🌎💔🌏💔🌍💔🇺🇦 #earth #america #human #photographer #angeladavis #santacruz #yashica #tlsuper #documentary #photography #35mm #bnw @ilford #hp4 #film #blancetnoir #Hēiyǔbái #siyahbeyaz #白黒 #shirokuro #blackandwhite #filmisnotdead #istillshootfilm #filmisalive #fromwhereistand #pdx #portland #nw #northwest #leftcoast #oregon 710311 HP4 Yashica TLSUPER https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn4qhVspR5-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jimhair]

One of my favorite memories is looking up Ansel Adams in the phone book or calling “information” at 411 and making an appointment to visit him at his home. I was an hour late, Virginia was Not Amused, but Ansel was forgiving and generous. The reason I was late was I had stopped to visit Wynn Bullock on my drive down from UCSC, and I showed him my photos and made a few portraits of him. I haven’t looked at the photos I made in decades as they were 35mm, and it is only because of staying home more during our recent years of plague, that I started looking back at the film. Yesterday I printed the portrait of Wynn and it brought back my memory of how kind two giants were to a young scruffy hippie kid who wanted to learn how to make better photos. I also try to be better about being on time for my appointments. Wynn Bullock, Pacific Grove, January 1973 🇺🇦💔🌎💔🌏💔🌍💔🇺🇦 #earth #america #human #family #photographer #documentary #wynnbullock #portrait #photography #35mm #yashica #tlsuper #bnw @ilfordphoto #film #blancetnoir #blancoynegro #siyahbeyaz #白黒 #shirokuro #blackandwhite #schwarzweiss #filmisnotdead #istillshootfilm #pdx #portland #nw #northwest #leftcoast #oregon #photojournalism @anseladams ❤️ 73010216a HP4 Yashica TL Super https://www.instagram.com/p/CoaGwi6viCI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jimhair]

… more often, at my age, everyday is “tbt” In the early 1970’s I would hitch-hike in Mexico, across the US and Canada, and often to British Columbia where I would visit my best friend’s sister, Barbie and her husband who lived on an island. On the other side of their island lived K. who was an artist, and one day I made photographs of him in his cabin. The Artist K., North Rendezvous Island, British Columbia, August 1974 🇺🇦💔🌎💔🌏💔🌍💔🇺🇦 #earth #britishcolumbia #canada #human #documentary #road #trip #photographer #photography #35mm #yashica #tlsuper #bnw @ilfordphoto #film #blancetnoir #blancoynegro #siyahbeyaz #白黒 #shirokuro #blackandwhite #schwarzweiss #filmisnotdead #istillshootfilm #pdx #portland #nw #northwest #leftcoast #oregon #photojournalism 7408G19 HP4 Yashica TL Super 24mm https://www.instagram.com/p/CdvvkGil6qm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jimhair]

Yesterday going through a box of film, my grandmother was in my thoughts and when I first looked at this image my heart stopped: did I make my grandmother cry? I know I did. Being young, a little naive, too privileged, there was the time she asked as I put my camera over my shoulder, heading for the door: “where are you going now?” and without thinking I replied “There’s a Nazi rally in the park, so I’m going to make photographs of them.” I was so matter of fact and as she burst into tears, I told her I would be OK, and not to worry. I’m sure I didn’t put her at ease when I hitchhiked across the country one summer, or the time just out of college I hitched through Mexico. My grandfather’s Navy pension was $400 a month, so we didn’t have extras, but I do acknowledge I was raised with privileges and a confidence that I’m sure my grandmother instilled in me. I was taught by her that everyone who lives on this planet is family, and I’ve tried to be as good as I can be, with her in mind. And then wish I could tell her I didn’t mean to make her cry. Ruby Martha Caroline Wilkes, March 1, 1975 #peopleofthe20thcentury #grandmother #sandiego #documentary #earth #human #family #portrait #photography #yashica #tlsuper #35mm #bnw @ilfordphoto #hp4 #film #blancetnoir #白黑 #siyahbeyaz #shirokuro #blackandwhite #filmisnotdead #istillshootfilm #filmisalive #fromwhereistand #pdx #portland #nw #northwest #leftcoast #oregon https://www.instagram.com/p/CL5FCvhHHk6/?igshid=54nae7zao9lp

[jimhair]

Except for using my right hand to brace my camera, it’s hard to tell one image was made in 1974 and the other in 2019! #tbt #yashica #tlsuper #1974 #hitchhiker #selfportrait #documentary #roadtrip #photography #yashica #35mm #bnw @ilford #hp4 #film #blancetnoir #黑白 #Hēiyǔbái #siyahbeyaz #shirokuro #blackandwhite #filmisnotdead #istillshootfilm #filmisalive #fromwhereistand #pdx #portland #nw #northwest #leftcoast #oregon https://www.instagram.com/p/B2U4qWonhib/?igshid=1pbhq0qsajh0z

[jimhair]

#tbt to 1973 when I hitchhiked from @ucsc to British Columbia to visit friends who lived on an island near Campbell River. #yashica #tlsuper #california #highway #documentary #hitchhiking #self portrait #photography #1973 #35mm #bnw @ilford #hp4 #film #blancetnoir #黑白 #Hēiyǔbái #siyahbeyaz #shirokuro #blackandwhite #filmisnotdead #istillshootfilm #filmisalive #fromwhereistand #pdx #portland #nw #northwest #leftcoast #oregon https://www.instagram.com/p/BwHmL4ogwRZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eeqic5o429fq

[jimhair]

I loved my grandfather’s hands. He grew up on an Illinois farm and joined the US Navy in 1919. Serving for 30 years and working with heavy machinery showed in the history of his hands. When I knew him, as he raised me, his hands had turned from machines that could fly through air and water, to the simple tools that turned Earth into life. #grandfather #family #portrait #yashica #tlsuper #sandiego #california #documentary #photography #1975 #35mm #bnw #film #blancetnoir #黑白 #Hēiyǔbái #siyahbeyaz #白黒 #shirokuro #blackandwhite #filmisnotdead #istillshootfilm #filmisalive #fromwhereistand #pdx #portland #nw #northwest #leftcoast #oregon https://www.instagram.com/p/BtRd1GyHPcw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ha5wx6sbhl8d

[jimhair]

I am grateful (and lucky) that my college advisor was feminist art historian Moira Roth. #yashica #tlsuper #california #highway #documentary #roadtrip #photography #1974 #35mm #bnw @ilford #hp4 #film #blancetnoir #黑白 #Hēiyǔbái #siyahbeyaz #白黒 #shirokuro #blackandwhite #filmisnotdead #istillshootfilm #filmisalive #fromwhereistand #pdx #portland #nw #northwest #leftcoast #oregon https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsg5f6NgLOp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ozu8xedntjec