Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, he was an 86 year old man in poor health who had been sitting in an unheated building on a cold November day for the past nine hours, and he was freezing! He wouldn?t take it off for anyone?s photos, not even mine. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Like My Work on Facebook On 11/16/17, 6:31 AM, "LUG on behalf of Douglas Barry" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of imra at iol.ie> wrote: >Unusual portrait, Chris. Was there a reason for getting him to keep his >hood up? > >Douglas > > >On 14/11/2017 00:55, Christopher Crawford wrote: >> Last Friday and Saturday, the high school I graduated from in 1994, >>Elmhurst >> High school in Fort Wayne, was opened for alumni to tour it one last >>time >> before it is demolished. The school has sat empty since it closed in >>2010. >> >> Don Goss, who was Elmhurst's art teacher for 56 years, and an Elmhurst >>grad >> himself, sat in the gym all day, both days, to talk to his students. I >>made >> this portrait of him Friday afternoon. He was my photography teacher, >>and >> because of his encouragement, I went to art school after high school. I >>am >> one of many, many of Mr. Goss's students who became fulltime >>professional >> artists. >> >> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2759 >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information