Month: August 2020

This image is from a series of negatives found in an Omaha antique store. I do not know what town this is, but by the cars, it is the 1970s. The series suggests that the photographer was walking along a hill, capturing a haphazard panorama of sorts of the neighborhood below. Were they simply using…

This image came from a roll of film left in a camera that made its long journey to me some years ago. A woman was selling her deceased husband’s collection, and through a mutual friend, I was the new owner. After developing the film, I inquired as to whether the family would like the images,…

From a series of photos discovered in an antique store in Omaha, Nebraska. Two young lovers and a camera, capturing a fleeting affair decades ago that we can get a glimpse of today. There is an innocence, playfulness, and even a momentary reluctance reflected in this series, but they are all charming. They remind us…

I found this slide in the street, south of Denver, Colorado. It required much clean up and retouching. It looks to me like an attempt to create a stock image for licensing. But then her left foot is cut off by a foreground object, which really limits its commercial appeal. She could almost be a…