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Lee’s Breakfast & Lunch
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 35mm, analog, Crown Point Road, horror, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Psycho, USA, vintage, Westville
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Encore Presentation
I’m sad to say it, but it looks as if we’re at the end of the line as far as the Capewell Glass Negative Collection is concerned. I’m going to review my posts and the digital files just to make … Continue reading
The Corner of 15th & Locust
Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve said before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process … Continue reading
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage
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Overpass Party
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, 35mm, analog, beer, concrete, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Philadelphia College of Art, USA, vintage, Westville
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Some Time Later
When I was first examining the glass negatives that comprised the Capewell Collection, I wasn’t sure what or who I was looking at. The sheer number of them was overwhelming at first, and it wasn’t until I photographed them and … Continue reading
An Afternoon in 1981
Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve said before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 1981, 35mm, analog, Broad Street, Bulletin, city, Locust Street, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, scan, Tina Garceau, Twentieth Century, urban, USA, vintage
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Another Equestrian Monument
Here’s another equestrian monument shot by Westville’s John B. Capewell, and, once again, I’m at a loss as far as what and where it is. I’ll leave it’s identity up to my sharp-eyed readers.
My Ride to Art School
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, art school, Broadway, bus, commute, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, transit, USA, vintage, Westville
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Man on a Path
Here’s another nature shot by John Capewell. Sadly there is no way to tell where it was taken. I’m not sure what was so special about the scene that Capewell felt compelled to shoot it. It may have been a … Continue reading


