Well, I'm a newbie, I suppose, having only been on this list for a few years, but it looks like our recent discussion about eccentrics has apparently brought an old one back. I didn't know you before, Jan, but I can welcome you back. We all have troubles in our lives, and I have empathy for yours, but at least for me, it is the photography that lets me forget about them for a while. And it is photography that brings us all together on this list. I hope you get out and photograph soon; to paraphrase a quote from Art and Fear, "an artist does their work when they can no longer *not* do their work." Andrew -- http://andrewsharpe.com On Thu, August 9, 2012 6:04 pm, Jan Faul wrote: > > > I?d like to offer what I can in getting back in the groove as it were. I > just put one of my assistants on the PTC project today, so we?ll see what > she turns up. Assistants are a steady fact of life now that I have > problems carrying a 15 pound tripod with a 5 pound camera on it. I?m not > supposed to carry anything heavier than a football and a tripod is not in > the ballpark. Also the fog of anesthesia is slowly lifting, so reasonably > soon I may remember what I forgot. > > I am not the same person I was 11 years ago, and I don?t think y?all are > either. > > Somebody made a crack about me being more famous than them, but if that?s > true, perhaps you can tell me why I still have no books out? I have the > pictures for four or five books sitting here (Bomber Command, Legacies of > Battle (Civil War), Le 6 Juin 1944, California & The West, Scotch & > Water, and so forth. I even had writers for 4 of them, but an idiot > doctor interfered and the writers all split. > > Just go into a wheelchair for a year or two or three and pretty much > everybody you know splits. My partner of 18 years split, because I could > no longer be her tour leader. We travelled a lot. I was across the pond > for about 100 days a year, and it wasn?t home. To be honest, I haven?t > been to an airport to get on a plane since August 2008, and I can hardly > wait to get out there again. I desperately need to shoot. It?s more > important than learning how to walk perfectly again. NOw that I?m an old > rat, it?s the force which drives me. I have 26,000 rolls of negs in my > vault and I?m not done yet. I also have 800 rolls of out of date Reala in > the fridge and thus far it tests okay. Reala does not like the freezer > from what I?ve heard. My left foot is in a freezer in Georgetown. > Visiting hours are Fridays, 2 to 2.15pm. > > > > Jan > > > > On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Stephen Ylvisaker wrote: > > >> >> Jan, >> >> >> Welcome back. >> >> >> >> Stephen >> >> > > Art Faul > > > The Artist Formerly Known as Prints > ------ > Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com > Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com > Camera Works - The Washington Post > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm > ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ > http://www.artiqueunderground.com/artist/69. > > > > > > >
