Photography

and this isn't strictly from my archives as it's my mom's wedding photo from 1942. It's from an assortment of old family photos that recently came into my sister's hand after languishing in the dark for many years... Photo Credit: my dad Mother's Day brou...  

Of your mother and it’s also part of social history. The fact that it was taken in 1942 I find fascinating, as they were difficult times for the world. Can you tell us anything else about your fathers work during the war years ?.

like most guys of that generation, he didn't talked about the experience extensively. Prior to WWII my dad was already a professional photographer, he was contracted out of Detroit and took photos of the CC Camps and when the build up started he photograp... 

Most people of that generation didn’t talk much about their wartime experiences. Photography is obviously “in your blood”.

Thank you for posting this. Would love to see more!

Being a photographer, my dad had tons of old photos... ; ) Casey

She was a school teacher in Northern Wisconsin... one winter she drove everywhere in reverse as the transmission was broken and she couldn't afford to have it fixed... ; ) Casey

I recently re-read "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck (1952)... there's more there than I caught in the first read, and much more than in the movie. A good book is worth reading more than once. Casey

1942, I presume money was tight and yet she manages to look so smart and elegant. Same generation as my parents and what a generation they were. Regards Kev.

She had her moments... I remember listening to one of the Ingemar Johansson vs. Floyd Patterson fights with her on the radio in 1960 or 1961... I think it was the latter fight in 61... in any case Johansson lost both Patterson fights by KO, his only two p... 

with Veronica Cass, one of the US top retouching instructors (who was preparing to shut down her business and retire due to digital), and she took me to meet a man who lived in Melbourne FL by the name of Nick Ozzio who was one of General MacArthur's phot... 

No tricks or games, just a simple "it's my wedding photo", a record of events. It use to be the norm to write a small text on the back of prints... Uncle Fred in XXXX or Home Sweet Home XXXX... just daily events captured over time. I have seen exhibitions... 

Excellent image, her shoes are indeed lovely. Cheers, Filip

thanks for the comment Filip... Casey

of my own in her youth........ ...  

I enjoy looking into the details... red nails, the car with a back side window that's cracked open... the portrait is a keeper. Casey

it is among a carefully curated selection of about a dozen images from her youth (baby to young adult) that I scanned to my computer drive for indefinite keeping. Those details that you mention are precisely what makes the image 'pop' to me as well . Chee... 

My mom says hello. This is from the same era as your mother's picture, in the mid-Forties, taken after my dad joined the Navy but before they were married and he went off to war. I don't know when this was taken but they look awfully young... Mike ...  

Cheers, Filip

Of course moms are complicated, and we don't always see the sweet side of them... Mike

I have never quarreled more with anyone than with my mom in my late teens and early twenties. That's because nobody ever knew better how to really push my buttons on pressing topics. It all ended pretty fairly and abruptly at the outset of my mid-twenties... 

and yes the 'wedding photo' was taken by my father. I like that first photo of your mom... It deserves some clean up... it's a lovely photo. I recently did some archive scans from prints for my friend for a 90th anniversary event. It took me about two hou... 

But I might actually have all the "hard copy" images so I could just rescan a cleaner version. IF I can find them

Over the years my brother has become the keeper of all old photos, movies, etc. He has been good about converting them all to digital format so they should be god for the foreseeable future. I suggest you do the same if you haven't already : )

I have carton boxes full of negatives not including my dad's stuff which piling in the US. I have to visit my sister and check out the archives ; ) Casey