Marilyn Monroe and Doc Kaminsky on the set of The Misfits.
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"Hi, Doc. How's it going?" asked Clark Gable as he sat at a traffic light in his Goldwing 300SL Mercedes Benz. As photographer Doc Kaminsky recalls, "The girl I was with, her teeth fell out. She says, 'Was that Clark Gable?' 'Oh, yeah. I'm working with him on a project."
To a little kid like me who met Doc Kaminsky several years after the photo above was taken, hanging out with him a couple of times in the great outdoors was quite a deal. The guy was different. He was cool. He wore a big beard in those days as I recall, along with glasses, and rather than having a normal job such as driving a truck or working in an office, he had a fun job. He took pictures for a living.
Wherever you live in this world, there are photographers such as Kaminsky. They aren't photo industry "stars" but rather, important regional photographers.
In Kaminsky's case, he turned down Hollywood job offers in order to remain in Nevada, USA. He did major national advertising campaigns, national projects, commercial work and films. In 1980, he climbed Mount Everest to do a film on avalanche survival.
Through a friend, the late Harry Murphy, he worked all over the country on projects for The Gap. “Harry was with The Gap from the beginning and ended up seeing it become a $15 billion business,” Kaminsky said.
The point of this post is to remind photographers that they may learn something from someone who might be living on their street. People who few folks know of around the world but experienced quality photographers just the same.
In these days of $3000 USD workshops taught by photo industry "stars", that point might be worth thinking about.
John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
My Mondo Library Photography
My Photoshelter Photography Archive Homepage
Photo © Unknown All Rights Reserved
"Hi, Doc. How's it going?" asked Clark Gable as he sat at a traffic light in his Goldwing 300SL Mercedes Benz. As photographer Doc Kaminsky recalls, "The girl I was with, her teeth fell out. She says, 'Was that Clark Gable?' 'Oh, yeah. I'm working with him on a project."
To a little kid like me who met Doc Kaminsky several years after the photo above was taken, hanging out with him a couple of times in the great outdoors was quite a deal. The guy was different. He was cool. He wore a big beard in those days as I recall, along with glasses, and rather than having a normal job such as driving a truck or working in an office, he had a fun job. He took pictures for a living.
Wherever you live in this world, there are photographers such as Kaminsky. They aren't photo industry "stars" but rather, important regional photographers.
In Kaminsky's case, he turned down Hollywood job offers in order to remain in Nevada, USA. He did major national advertising campaigns, national projects, commercial work and films. In 1980, he climbed Mount Everest to do a film on avalanche survival.
Through a friend, the late Harry Murphy, he worked all over the country on projects for The Gap. “Harry was with The Gap from the beginning and ended up seeing it become a $15 billion business,” Kaminsky said.
The point of this post is to remind photographers that they may learn something from someone who might be living on their street. People who few folks know of around the world but experienced quality photographers just the same.
In these days of $3000 USD workshops taught by photo industry "stars", that point might be worth thinking about.
John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
My Mondo Library Photography
My Photoshelter Photography Archive Homepage
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