Mr. Mead
keithwms

Mr. Mead

Mr. Mead, a.k.a. Ernest 'Boots' Mead, a very wise and dear counselor, confidante, and friend. Mr. Mead is about 95 years old, and if you're lucky enough to be invited into his home, you'll probably find him either telling wonderful stories, listening to your worries, giving advice, or delighting the keys of his piano. He is literally an institution at UVa; the Mead Foundation was formed in his name and honors a small group of faculty who develop new ways to reach out to students. And I was lucky enough to become acquainted with him after being honored by the foundation last year. Since then he has coached me through some mighty tough times.

Just a neg scan for now; it needs some dodge and burn and such. Impromptu lighting with a small lamp minus a shade.
Location
Charlottesville, VA
Equipment Used
Mamiya 645 afd, 80/1.9
Exposure
1/30 wide open
Film & Developer
neopan 400 in xtol
Paper & Developer
neg scan for now
Lens Filter
none
That's a great photograph, Keith! An important one. I bet you will never forget Mr Mead, but this is a lovely memory for everybody else to remember him by, or tell stories to, as well.
Beautifully done!
 
Thanks, yes, it is important to me, maybe one of the most important of the year.

The thing that has bugged me for several years is that I kept planning to get a nice portrait of Jack Mitchell, a major contributor to the science of photography. He was the first to provide the fully quantum mechanical understanding of the latent image... and purely by chance I found out that he lived down the street from me. We became friends, and met several times. I swore that I'd get a nice portrait of him... on LF film of course. But he was 95+ years old and had Alzheimer's.... and the chance was lost very suddenly. Major regret!! Lesson learned: take the freaking picture, and don't worry about whether everything is perfect!
 

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