Bodie! Post your images!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Daniel, love the portraits! Thanks for posting them in this thread. I hope to see some more images as well as hear the stories!

[tgtaylor]

Hard to imagine that Edward Weston stole a stove door from a house in Bodie. Are you sure about that? If true, it's a bit of a disappointment. Also, I was around in the 60's, it wasn't THAT long ago. Drills and power tools had been around for a long time by then. Am I missing something?

Well if Edward "stole" something from Bodie, it must have been in the 1940's. At that time there were only a couple of people living there and Bodie wasn't a state park or historical preserve. It was simply a fairly large and mostly abandoned California town.

Thomas

Thomas

[Merg Ross]

Jim, I apologize for diverting this thread momentarily, but I would like to make a correction to an earlier post. Bodie House, or Bodie Room as it was called during Charis' time at Wildcat Hill, was so called after the name plate on the cast iron stove in the room. As to the concern of Edward Weston visiting Bodie and resorting to theft, I am not aware of any evidence that he ever visited. Thanks.

Now back to more outstanding photographs!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Merg, as far as I'm concerned you can interrupt the thread at any time. Thanks for the info. I think the stories are as important as the wonderful work that everyone is showing and I agree keep the images coming.

[Robert Oliver]

Great thread! Love this place.


Swayze Hotel - Bodie, CA (or is it Swazey?)


Late for Dinner - Bodie, CA

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Robert, Awesome! Love them both!

[Harley Goldman]

Robert, both are quite a pleasure to view. Nicely done!

[Harley Goldman]

I have posted this one a couple of times already (including in the pictorialism thread recently), but it is from Bodie and is one of my favorites from my images from there. It was done with an 8-3/4" Verito, not quite wide open.

[Preston]

Harley, I have always enjoyed this image. It has a mysterious air that I find very appealing.

Nicely done!

--P

[Preston]

Desert Reflections



July 2012

ps: In looking at this again, I need to tweak the contrast a bit. Your thoughts?