Acquired another Kodak Medalist recently. This one's in fair shape but is headed to have a complete CLA. The 1947 Ektar 100mm f3.5 lens is just about pristine. Ran a roll of Tri-X thru it just to see.
Another shot from Montana rediscovered. This is Claudia Williams, a wonderful country singer living near Bozeman. I did two CD covers for her and came across this neg last week, rescanned it and here we are. I remember shooting this with a Nikon FE2 on T-Max100, and I think there was a Norman 400 B battery powered strobe popping some light. This was actually shot on a little farm off a rough dirt road in Gallatin Gateway, a few miles west of Bozeman, very near an old buffalo jump.
Thanks Jon. Here's another. This roll of film had disappeared for twenty-five years and I found it in the folder for Claudia's images. What the hell! So, I had been in Big Sky photographing three or four different musicians and we called up Jack Gladstone, a Native American (Blackfoot) singer songwriter up in Kalispell to see if he wanted or needed any photos. Sure, he said. But you have to go hiking with my and my Dad first. First we went to the end of a muddy dirt road on the eastern edge of Glacier but there was a Blackfoot pow wow going on there and it was pretty apparent that I wasn't welcome, as a white boy. So we bounced back down that road and drove south on the highway to another road that took us to the trail head for Triple Divide Peak, the only triple continental divide in North America. We hiked seventeen miles that day and say eagles, bighorn sheep, moose and steaming piles that leave no doubt of the answer to the proverbial question: Does a bear shit in the woods. Why of course. Now that fresh scat made me more than a little nervous as those are grizzlies up there and not common black bears, but Wally and Jack assured me everything was okay because the grizzly was their sacred animal. Yeah. That made me feel so much better. Anyhow, here's a shot of Jack on the west edge of Glacier and a couple from Triple Divide Peak and vicinity. One of the better days I've spent anywhere in my life.
All images T-Max100 on various Nikon lenses.
Jack Gladstone, Montana Troubador
Jack Gladstone and myself on top of Triple Divide Peak
Wally and Jack on Triple Divide Peak
Looking down the actual Continental Divide - north to the right
Peter, now those are some sweet B&W images, especially the one of Claudia. You made the T-Max really sing.
I've tried back stories on my stuff, but somehow they don't stack up to yours
What a fabulous anecdote to go with those wonderful images peter, thanks for sharing the story behind them. I'm intrigued also by the 3-way Continental Divide.
"I've tried back stories on my stuff, but somehow they don't stack up to yours"
"What a fabulous anecdote to go with those wonderful images peter, thanks for sharing the story behind them. I'm intrigued also by the 3-way Continental Divide."
I'll add one more little tidbit to this crazy hike. It was a scramble of about three quarters of a mile off the trail to get to Triple Divide Peak - y'know - two steps forward and one step sliding back to get up there. It was clear that there was a storm coming up the canyon and we probably shouldn't spend too much time on a fully exposed mountain peak, not a fan of being a lightning rod and all, so, in our fifteen minutes up there pondering that triple continental divide and the wonders that implies, being three grown men, we decided we needed to pee in all three directions at once, thereby mixing our waters with the waters of the world - so to speak. Then we hightailed it down the talus and hiked the last six miles in a raging thunderstorm.
I'm impressed by the 17 mile hike in the mountains. I just did 20 miles hiking Friday on relatively flat ground and was whooped. Mountain hiking is a totally different story.
Jon - I was a LOT younger then and I was in very good shape at the time, and even though it looks like you're at 14,000 feet there, I think the elevation was only just over 8000. There's no way I could do that today.
Dan - I had to take a quick stab at this. I loved the shot but felt it was missing the feel of really being there. I might have gone too far, but you get the idea. Also, it appeared that this was an untagged RGB file as well.
