Tag Archives: black and white

The Photo Elective – Gloucester City, NJ

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Back when I was majoring in illustration at the art school formerly known as The Philadelphia College of Art, we were required to take a photography elective. We shot black and white film; developed the negatives and made prints. The … Continue reading →

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PCA – The Class of ’68 – Photography

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Joe_Williams

As I said last week, Tony Visco handed me a blast from our Alma mater’s past — The Philadelphia College of Art’s yearbook from 1968!

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Young John & Henry

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Joe_Williams

  Last week I presented a pair of negatives of young John Capewell in a body cast. I assume that the cast was a corrective measure for an accident or curvature of the spine. In this picture we have a … Continue reading →

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Good Doggie

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Joe_Williams

John B. Capewell shot a number of photographs of his family in front of this corn field which was probably in Westville, New Jersey where the Capewells resided. Back then New Jersey lived up to it’s name of The Garden … Continue reading →

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Comics Will Rot Your Brain!

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Despite my love of comic books, there used to be a breed of comic magazines with lurid covers that Dr. Frederic Wertham was probably right about. They probably would rot your brain.

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