What was the name of that photographer...

[RezaLoghme]

- had his own blog website
- ca in his 60s
- URL was not his name
- I found him via links from other photo website, so not a "nobody"
- largely "street" style
- Came from another profession (lawyer and/or academic)
- based in U.S. - maybe NYC?
- also wrote about his motorcycles and clashes with local police about speed limits
- had some beef with Shutterbug
- was quite ill and eventually died (1,2,3 years ago), IIRC from pancreatic cancer
- invited friends to meet him a final time, with some classic rock and rum(??) at bedside
- had a self-portrait in bathtub on his page (already ill, skinny, bald)
- good sense of humour, laconic writing style
- wife put up list of equipment for sale (largely Nikons?)

 

[jvo]

Are you trying to remember this photographer, or this a quiz?

 

[jvo]

John Fielder, Colorado?

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Ask ChatGPT...

 

[RezaLoghme]

John Fielder, Colorado?

No. IIRRCC he was NYC based.

 

[RezaLoghme]

His motorcycles were Japanese (?) but definitely not Harley. He had several and then downsized his fleet.

He seemed to have some bones to pick with Shutterbug and/or the boss of it.

After his death his wife put up a list of equipment and prints for sale, on said website.

 

[RezaLoghme]

Ask ChatGPT...

Its not a search engine, LOL.

 

[reddesert]

I think you mean Tim Vanderweert who blogged at https://leicaphilia.com/ and was from North Carolina, I think.
The portrait in his hospital bed at https://leicaphilia.com/thanksgiving-2022/
(Perhaps a nod to David Wojnarowicz's photo of Peter Hujar, or maybe photographs of people in hospital beds all have a similarity, contra Tolstoy.)
Bathtub photo perhaps from https://leicaphilia.com/digital-tri-x-the-holy-grail/
I don't recall the motorcycle stuff, but I didn't read the blog regularly - IMO his photography was more interesting than the writing about gear or internet beefs.

 

[RezaLoghme]

So great! Thank you - I remembered a monosyllabic first name but had a different kind of surname in mind.
Well done!

 

[loccdor]

Thanks for also bringing this photographer to my attention. I enjoyed the work.

 

[RezaLoghme]

Thank you, I think he was a very special man.

 

[RezaLoghme]

Re-reading his blog I am happy to say that I learned a lot about life in general.