A classic portrait, Paul. Could be a film star. It just shows that equipment
doesn't necessarily make the photographer.
Alan C
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From: Paul Stenquist
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 9:26 PM
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Subject: Dad, 1943
This picture was taken by a U.S. Army Air Forces photographer at Turner
Field, Georgia in 1943. My dad was a photographer at that base and a fellow
worker shot this pic of him on 8x10 film. I have an original contact print
on fiber paper. It’s in good shape with just a few cracks and specs here and
there. I had tried scanning it once before but was unhappy with the results
so I did it again today. It has a broad tonal range so it’s a bit tricky.
Much happier with this scan.
Dad was the kindest man I’ve ever known. Fortunately, he was too old for
combat in 1943 so he worked as a photographer, first at Turner Field and
later at the Pentagon. He probably wouldn’t have mad a very good killer, but
he was an excellent photographer and artist. While at Turner Field he
painted a huge mural in the chapel. His murals once decorated a number of
Chicago residences and buildings, including the lobby of the
long-ago-demolished Edgewater Beach Hotel.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17903100&size=lg
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