Very interesting story, i was with you all the time reading it. Reminds me of a similar encounter i had with an 80 something y.o. man when i was in my 20s. It was my father\'s mentor when he started in his line of work ( women\'s fine garment\'s embroidery). His name was Mario and when he heard from my dad that i was studying photography he insisted we both visited him. His 1bedroom apartment was pretty much like you describe you models place full of all sorts of cool old photography stuff. Mario was dying and his last wish was to pass along his equipment to another photographer. So he gave me among other things and old Folding Graflex view camera, it was in remarkably good shape and i presented some shots i took with it in my final evaluation. Mario died a month after our encounter but i never forgot him.
I can feel very well the progression in your relationship with your model in your pictures. I think they are soo cool. Thanks for sharing.
P.S. Didn\'t know you could still find D76 :-)
Oct 30, 2013 at 10:58 PM
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