A Gentleman At Wayne State University Detroit 1973 Today's Coolphoto 12/8/2023
“Time and tide wait for no man.“ - Geoffrey Chaucer
The crowd I hung with at Georgetown dispersed by Junior Year. These were literature and history scholars who found themsleves pulled away by life. Two or them managed to find a home at Wayne State in Detroit. That is where I headed in late Spring.
Wayne State University is smack-dab in the middle of the city. As it carved out a collection of urban blocks, its campus is criss-crossed by busy streets. While I waited for Stephen and George to finish up their classes I wandered nearby taking pictures.
This young guy was just passing through, and he was a courteous man, a real gentleman. He looked like he was wearing one of those boonie jungle caps from VietNam. He may have just gotten out of service there with everything intact, or he may have just liked the hat.
A Gentleman At Wayne State University Detroit 1973 Today's Coolphoto 12/8/2023
©2023 Christopher Petrich
Thanks to you my good friends for fifty years of professional photography and twenty five years of online success with Coolphoto.com! I am at the end of my retail sales career and am closing up shop by the end of this year. I will continue to post new work on Coolphoto, in the form of members-only galleries and Today’s Coolphoto blog posts such as this.
I am sending selected original photographs to the Christopher Petrich Collection at the Northwest Room of the Tacoma Public Library, and I am creating new bound volumes of selected pieces under my Coolphoto imprint. I have four titles in the pipeline to add to the three volumes already published: A Complete Guide To The Lighthouses on Puget Sound Including Admiralty Inlet (ISBN: 978‐0‐9744775-0-8), Dreams (ISBN: 978-0-9744775-1-0) and The Beach At Fox Island (ISBN: 978‐0‐9744775‐2‐7). Each new title will be issued in very small editions of 100 or fewer copies.
For those with questions about my original works, or anything else for that matter, please send me a message. I’d love to hear from you!
NEW PHOTOGRAPHY, BEAUTIFUL AND ORIGINAL
Most Editions are small, 5 and under. I’ve been at this a very long time and I have hundreds of vintage silver collectibles. I’m always taking pictures in Tacoma, of Tacoma people. The best images, on the best paper, in small editions, from a Tacoma photographer, of Tacoma.
Vintage prints are made within a year of the photographs create date. My usual practice is to print within a few days or weeks of exposure. What you see is a scan of the actual print that is for sale. Price does not include shipping or taxes.
Please note that vintage prints are imperfect. They’re old, after all. If you’re worried about it, bring it up. I’ll do my best to answer your questions.
Vintage - When I print the photograph within a year of the original exposure, that becomes a Vintage Print.
Archival Pigment - When I print in my studio using computer technology with pigmented inks on acid and lignin free paper, I call that an Archival Pigment Print.
Silver - When I print in my darkroom on gelatin silver paper, that is a Silver Print. These prints are double weight on a cotton fiber base.
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