Six decades and counting
Mar 22, 2023, 12:05 pm
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Six decades and counting
I'm feeling nostalgic (aka "old") and with DP Review closing, I thought I'd reminisce visually over six decades of taking pictures. Self-indulgent to be sure, but feel free to add your own images from days past (or long past, or prehistoric)...
1960s
View from my studio apartment on Russian Hill, San Francisco. $100 a month, Murphy bed, crazy downstairs neighbor who set fire to his mattress one night. My landlord was the Chinese owner of a corner shop; he was murdered, as was another shopkeeper landlord I had in the Mission District previously. Also two of my bosses were murdered in the same 3-year period. SF was very violent at the end of the '60s.
Chinatown, San Francisco
1970s
Old Covent Garden market, London. This image was taken in 1972, not long before the Covent Garden market was closed and relocated to Wandsworth. Barrow men, Liza Doolittle, flowers... still there, on film. Today's sanitized Covent Garden is nothing like it.
The Berlin Wall. It wasn't just a wall, it was a series of barriers, fences, minefields and traps. The Reichstag (still in ruins) is in the background in this image taken in 1974 (from a train en route to Warsaw on a business trip.).
Roadside repairs, Bukhara, Uzbekistan (Uzbek SSR at the time.) In the summer of 1974, I visited Soviet Central Asia and captured this image of a man showing his apprentice how to shoe a cooperative steed.
Grand Bazaar, Isfahan, Iran, taken during a 1976 business trip to Iran. The atmosphere in the country was very tense; one could sense things were going to get weird pretty soon.
Summer Bay, Unalaska Island, Alaska. After living and working overseas for several years I returned to the US and moved to Alaska, where I worked with several regional Native housing authorities to develop housing for their bush constituencies. Much of my work was in the Aleutian region.
1980s
Goose on the beach, King Cove. I was still working a lot on the Aleutian chain, where commuting sometimes required use of amphibious aircraft. In this image a Grumman Goose is loading/unloading people and cargo on the beach in King Cove.
Monument Valley, taken before a springtime storm.
1990s
Jerusalem of Gold (Old City taken from Mount of Olives)
Movie theater, Taveuni Island, Fiji. The building straddles the 180° meridian. Enter on Saturday, leave on Friday. (Not really, the date line jogs around Fiji)
San Francisco pilot, accompanying our transpacific freighter (Auckland - Suva - San Francisco) under the Golden Gate and to our berthing terminal.
2000s
Twelve Apostles (what's left of them) on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia
Leopard, Sabi Sand reserve, South Africa
Zulu village, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Cape Horn
2010s
Yakutat Bay and Hubbard Glacier, Alaska. Went back to attend a god-daughter's wedding in Anchorage, decided to cruise up.
Bruja for the burning, Medina Sidonia, Spain
Jebel Musa, Morocco, seen from Gibraltar: the southern Pillar of Hercules
Buachaille Etive Mòr, sitting on the edge of the Rannoch Moor and top of Glen Etive, Scotland
2020s - Stay tuned.
Like I said, forgive the self indulgence.
1960s
View from my studio apartment on Russian Hill, San Francisco. $100 a month, Murphy bed, crazy downstairs neighbor who set fire to his mattress one night. My landlord was the Chinese owner of a corner shop; he was murdered, as was another shopkeeper landlord I had in the Mission District previously. Also two of my bosses were murdered in the same 3-year period. SF was very violent at the end of the '60s.
Chinatown, San Francisco
1970s
Old Covent Garden market, London. This image was taken in 1972, not long before the Covent Garden market was closed and relocated to Wandsworth. Barrow men, Liza Doolittle, flowers... still there, on film. Today's sanitized Covent Garden is nothing like it.
The Berlin Wall. It wasn't just a wall, it was a series of barriers, fences, minefields and traps. The Reichstag (still in ruins) is in the background in this image taken in 1974 (from a train en route to Warsaw on a business trip.).
Roadside repairs, Bukhara, Uzbekistan (Uzbek SSR at the time.) In the summer of 1974, I visited Soviet Central Asia and captured this image of a man showing his apprentice how to shoe a cooperative steed.
Grand Bazaar, Isfahan, Iran, taken during a 1976 business trip to Iran. The atmosphere in the country was very tense; one could sense things were going to get weird pretty soon.
Summer Bay, Unalaska Island, Alaska. After living and working overseas for several years I returned to the US and moved to Alaska, where I worked with several regional Native housing authorities to develop housing for their bush constituencies. Much of my work was in the Aleutian region.
1980s
Goose on the beach, King Cove. I was still working a lot on the Aleutian chain, where commuting sometimes required use of amphibious aircraft. In this image a Grumman Goose is loading/unloading people and cargo on the beach in King Cove.
Monument Valley, taken before a springtime storm.
1990s
Jerusalem of Gold (Old City taken from Mount of Olives)
Movie theater, Taveuni Island, Fiji. The building straddles the 180° meridian. Enter on Saturday, leave on Friday. (Not really, the date line jogs around Fiji)
San Francisco pilot, accompanying our transpacific freighter (Auckland - Suva - San Francisco) under the Golden Gate and to our berthing terminal.
2000s
Twelve Apostles (what's left of them) on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia
Leopard, Sabi Sand reserve, South Africa
Zulu village, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Cape Horn
2010s
Yakutat Bay and Hubbard Glacier, Alaska. Went back to attend a god-daughter's wedding in Anchorage, decided to cruise up.
Bruja for the burning, Medina Sidonia, Spain
Jebel Musa, Morocco, seen from Gibraltar: the southern Pillar of Hercules
Buachaille Etive Mòr, sitting on the edge of the Rannoch Moor and top of Glen Etive, Scotland
2020s - Stay tuned.
Like I said, forgive the self indulgence.
Mar 22, 2023, 5:57 pm
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Beautiful pictures!
I never was a prolific picture-taker when traveling. Lugging cameras around was never my thing. That only changed after I started going places with the dog, so 99.9% of my travel photos from the last decade-and-a-half have her in it, and there's almost none from earlier times (no digital ones anyway).
So in my memory Berlin looks like this:
Rio de Janeiro like this:
Italy like this:
LA like this:
and so on....
I never was a prolific picture-taker when traveling. Lugging cameras around was never my thing. That only changed after I started going places with the dog, so 99.9% of my travel photos from the last decade-and-a-half have her in it, and there's almost none from earlier times (no digital ones anyway).
So in my memory Berlin looks like this:
Rio de Janeiro like this:
Italy like this:
LA like this:
and so on....
Mar 23, 2023, 1:54 am
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An amazing report - I hope to have 6 decades of photos in due time, as well (hopefully, it doesn't go too quickly). The world has changed so much yet also changed so little. Let's hope the world becomes even more open to travel, cultural exchange, and peace between all.
Mar 23, 2023, 9:50 am
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So maybe a few more...
1960s
Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, 1969. Same view today, https://goo.gl/maps/iRhLsEhHHCspKoJ76
1970s
Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. 1973
1980s
Midsummer, almost midnight over Cook Inlet, Anchorage, AK
1990s
Chocolatier, Bruges, Belgium
2000s
Naritasan temple complex, five minutes from NRT
2010s
BC ferry, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia
1960s
Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, 1969. Same view today, https://goo.gl/maps/iRhLsEhHHCspKoJ76
1970s
Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. 1973
1980s
Midsummer, almost midnight over Cook Inlet, Anchorage, AK
1990s
Chocolatier, Bruges, Belgium
2000s
Naritasan temple complex, five minutes from NRT
2010s
BC ferry, Sunshine Coast, British Columbia
Last edited by Gardyloo; Mar 24, 2023 at 9:19 am Reason: spelling
Lovely collection of images and stories.
Apr 2, 2023, 11:16 am
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Can't...stop...posting. Help...
1960s
Ken Miles in Carol Shelby's Cobra No. 98 at the USRRC in Riverside, California, May 1965
1970s
Art nouveau Cafe Jama Michalika, Krakow, Poland, 1975
1980s
Cutty Sark, moored at Greenwich, 1981 (I think)
1990s
Public market, Suva, Fiji, 1998
2000s
(With a tip of the hat to Steven Spielberg) - Objects in mirror are closer than they appear. (South Africa, 2009)
2010s
Dancing in the streets, Pont-Aven (Brittany) sardine festival, 2010
1960s
Ken Miles in Carol Shelby's Cobra No. 98 at the USRRC in Riverside, California, May 1965
1970s
Art nouveau Cafe Jama Michalika, Krakow, Poland, 1975
1980s
Cutty Sark, moored at Greenwich, 1981 (I think)
1990s
Public market, Suva, Fiji, 1998
2000s
(With a tip of the hat to Steven Spielberg) - Objects in mirror are closer than they appear. (South Africa, 2009)
2010s
Dancing in the streets, Pont-Aven (Brittany) sardine festival, 2010
Jul 25, 2023, 10:59 pm
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I love history (and photography), so really enjoying your photos and descriptions! Very interesting to get a glimpse into life over the years.
Jul 26, 2023, 5:43 pm
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Well, this thread got topped, so I'll take that as license to add some more from the vault.
1960s
Oregon State University campus, November 23, 1963, the day after JFK's assassination.
San Francisco farmer's market, 1969
1970s
Codfish drying table, Gaspe peninsula, Quebec, July 1970
Men playing Pétanque(like Boules) on Christmas Day 1972 in Aigues-Mortes, France
Tent city, Tehran, 1976. Over a million people lived in this squatter settlement on the south side of Tehran.
1980s
Autumn on Mirror Lake, near Anchorage, Alaska
Old soldier, Brighton pier, England
1990s
The cat in the window, Knaresborough, Yorkshire
Pilot boat following our freighter, departing Auckland NZ en route to California
Hot air over cold Anchorage - balloon launch, Anchorage. (One of the balloons was owned by a buddy.)
2000s
Pool party, Sabi Sand reserve, South Africa
One stop shopping, Sydney
Going fishing, Paternoster, South Africa
A day at the beach, Concon, Chile
2010s
Laundry, Vejer de la Frontera, Spain
Late winter, Edam, Netherlands
Snow geese and Mount Baker, Washington
1960s
Oregon State University campus, November 23, 1963, the day after JFK's assassination.
San Francisco farmer's market, 1969
1970s
Codfish drying table, Gaspe peninsula, Quebec, July 1970
Men playing Pétanque(like Boules) on Christmas Day 1972 in Aigues-Mortes, France
Tent city, Tehran, 1976. Over a million people lived in this squatter settlement on the south side of Tehran.
1980s
Autumn on Mirror Lake, near Anchorage, Alaska
Old soldier, Brighton pier, England
1990s
The cat in the window, Knaresborough, Yorkshire
Pilot boat following our freighter, departing Auckland NZ en route to California
Hot air over cold Anchorage - balloon launch, Anchorage. (One of the balloons was owned by a buddy.)
2000s
Pool party, Sabi Sand reserve, South Africa
One stop shopping, Sydney
Going fishing, Paternoster, South Africa
A day at the beach, Concon, Chile
2010s
Laundry, Vejer de la Frontera, Spain
Late winter, Edam, Netherlands
Snow geese and Mount Baker, Washington