That is an appealing portrait, and a family heirloom. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > This picture was taken by a U.S. Army Air Forces photographer at Turner > Field, Georgia in 1943. My dad was a photographer at that base and a fellow > worker shot this pic of him on 8x10 film. I have an original contact print on > fiber paper. It’s in good shape with just a few cracks and specs here and > there. I had tried scanning it once before but was unhappy with the results > so I did it again today. It has a broad tonal range so it’s a bit tricky. > Much happier with this scan. > > Dad was the kindest man I’ve ever known. Fortunately, he was too old for > combat in 1943 so he worked as a photographer, first at Turner Field and > later at the Pentagon. He probably wouldn’t have mad a very good killer, but > he was an excellent photographer and artist. While at Turner Field he painted > a huge mural in the chapel. His murals once decorated a number of Chicago > residences and buildings, including the lobby of the long-ago-demolished > Edgewater Beach Hotel. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17903100&size=lg > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
