If The Daily Prep had been around for decades, pictures such as these (taken by my father in Nova Scotia) would fill the archives. I couldn't help smiling and shaking my head as I looked through these.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
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These are a great look back. And I love the blue tones of the photographs - very appropriate, with all that water!
so enjoy these pictures.
My brother participated in this event in the early 70s, representing Princeton. I have a few snapshots. He had a blast!
These pics are wonderful! I love them all but the lobster bibs gave me a chuckle.
Looks like my husband fishing locally-the style has not really evolved much in 40 years.
Muffy - These are some of the most amazing pictures! I can't get enough of them. I want to frame them all for my walls. Where else could you see a Yale student wearing creased khakis and a perfect Navy sweatshirt wrestling with a fish? There are echoes of Boys' Life Magazine from an earlier time and precursors to a J. Crew fake advertising campaign from a later time. I can't believe how real these all are, yet so perfect. Thank you for making my day.
Those old Novi's are some of the most weatherly boats ever built and elegant besides. Feasting my eyes . . . GREAT pictures. The guys, the fish, the clothes--and those old Ray Bans never, ever change. A delight!
Great to see the chamois cloth shirt in action. At least I think that's what the bright red one is.
Oh my word! The photos are lovely and I got a few pangs of nostalgia seeing those jumpers and Chuck Taylor high tops. SIGH!!!!!
The boats all seem to be painted the same color, no?
Love the old Novis!
Muffy-
Was your father a professional photographer? I find the composition and artistry of his photos that you have shared throughout your blog just remarkable.
M
Muffy,
Your father really did have an eye for composition and subject. I am sure these were taken with Kodachrome slide film. Now, 45 years later, the colors are still as vibrant as they were the day he clicked the shutter. Kodachrome was and is known to have an archival life of 100 years if kept in dark storage and sadly, due to digital, Kodachrome and the great company that invented may soon be relegated to the ash heap of history.
Your father was a very accomplished photographer and thank you for posting these.
Paul Connors
@Paul Connors - These were mostly taken with Kodachrome and a little Ektachrome.
I'm always impressed with your father's skill and amazed with the stuff you pull out to show us.
I think he's got a very good sense of lighting.
Did he do his own darkroom work?
Oh, I agree with Paul. I used to shoot Kodachrome, and it is amazing how vibrant the colors remain.
Muffy,
Have you thought of doing a book of your father's photos? Perhaps with a preppy twist?
Paul Connors
@Anonymous 11:31 - Yes, he would do all his own black and white darkroom work. He never trusted anyone else. I also have the black and whites he took on this trip as well.
@Paul - I wouldn't know where to start; there is just so much material. And I am sure any publisher would make me put in many of the famous people, not just the interesting shots!
Muffy,
That's where the book proposal comes in. It's an idea and outline and you could provide a sampling of the pics to illustrate the project. After the project gets the OK, isn't that what "editors" do, i.e. "edit?"
I really think you may be missing a real opportunity, especially the chance to illustrate your Dad's finest work(s) as well as the lifestyle we all love. Just my 2 cents.
Paul Connors
@ Samantha:
The blue tones are probably due to the age of what Muffy said were some Ektachrome slides. Unlike Kodachrome, Ektachrome slide film, especially that which may have been designed for indoors under tungsten lights (and needed to be shot outdoors with a Tungsten filter) will show a noticeable blue tone outdoors. Also, after 45years, there will be some "color shifting."
As I mentioned earlier, Kodachrome is an archival film and is noted for the fact that it does NOT color shift when kept in dark storage. I shot some aviation photos in 2006 with Kodachrome that had EXPIRED in 1993, but that had been frozen until I used it and you would not be able to tell that the film was 13 years out of date. Muffy's father's slides scanned for use here are a testament to the value that slide film has/had in maintaining very sharply defined imagery. Kodachrome, for example was actually B & W film stock that had the colors added to the slide film after the emulsion was removed in post-processing. The current remaining offerings of slide film, now primarily offered by Fuji may be vibrant, but will never last 100 years and be printable like those shot with Kodachrome.
BTW, Kodachrome was the FIRST color film commercially available to the general public when Kodak introduced it in 1933 or 34.
It was in production until the last quarter of 2009 and the last lab that processed the film in Kansas City closed in December 2010.
Paul Connors
@Paul
Thanks for all that info! You're right, the imagery is very sharply defined. I'd been struck by how "current" these photos look and wasn't convinced it was all down to the classic clothing. I think you've given me the answer to that question.
What a wonderful post!
Mmmmm, ain't no school like the old school! These pictures are simply marvelous!
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