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Subject: [Leica] My high school photography teacher
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 11:31:26 +0000
References: <D62FA94A.8BE79%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Unusual portrait, Chris. Was there a reason for getting him to keep his 
hood up?

Douglas


On 14/11/2017 00:55, Christopher Crawford wrote:
> Last Friday and Saturday, the high school I graduated from in 1994, 
> Elmhurst
> High school in Fort Wayne, was opened for alumni to tour it one last time
> before it is demolished. The school has sat empty since it closed in 2010.
>
> Don Goss, who was Elmhurst's art teacher for 56 years, and an Elmhurst grad
> himself, sat in the gym all day, both days, to talk to his students. I made
> this portrait of him Friday afternoon. He was my photography teacher, and
> because of his encouragement, I went to art school after high school. I am
> one of many, many of Mr. Goss's students who became fulltime professional
> artists.
>
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2759
>



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