Those workshops with Per were great Curt,but like your friend Marcus Aurelius says, all to short.
Those workshops with Per were great Curt,but like your friend Marcus Aurelius says, all to short.
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Thanks Merg, Michael, and Curt for the nice comments ... and Andrew (your shot should look great in carbon), Curt, and Michael for the portraits.
I was truly stunned when I heard Per had died ... I was genuinely surprised at the depth of the loss I felt and, upon reflection, how much I felt all of us had lost ... he was one-of-a-kind.
It's trite ... but oh so true ... some times you don't know what you have 'til it's gone.
I guess I'll go out and make some more photos ... .
Sadly I only made it to one workshop with Per but I am glad I did. It was the 5 churches workshop in New Mexico a few years ago. Curt was there too among many others.
I did not really feel that it was much of a workshop until a long time after where I started to think about how Per had approached each one of us in the group challenging everyone to see.
Although it was the first time I met Per we bonded immediately I think because we both are Danes, born less than 15 miles apart. I remember saying to Per, I promise I wont speak Danish with you and Per's reply was I can't promise you that with a big grin.
I regret I never made it to one of the Joshua Tree events which used to be right in my backyard.
Per is missed very much.
The picture posted here doesn't have the resolution it does have. I'm not sure why that is.
Per was a special man. I sent the picture to him and later at his house, Jim you and Mike were there, I asked him if he received the picture. He sad "yes and I tweaked it some." I had to laugh, he pulled it up on his large Mac screen and I couldn't see any difference! It took a while to get to know him, 2-3 seconds at the most! Once in a while you meet someone with a love of life and later on realize how they changed your life.
Jaime and I talked about Per while at the George Eastman House for a workshop just over a week ago. If I hadn't have met Per I wouldn't have met the first group of people who acquainted me with an even larger group of people. It all started in a small Navada town called Tonopah in the home of Jim Galli.
Here are a few shots I took with Per during a one on one workshop with him at his home. I think this was in November 2010. The las one is a contact print on Lodima paper developed in Lith from a 4X5 negative. The first two are scans from prints on MCC 110 with a bit of toning.
RPippin ... thanks for posting those ... all 3 are really nice shots in the style of Per's strength ... shape, texture, and light.
Printed a new version of one of the portraits that Per patiently sat for the day after teaching most of what I know about view cameras. I miss him too...
Nice one Jay, just thinking about this tread, its nice to know that other people are also remembering Per Velquartz .
Mike
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