orourke 0 Posted January 4, 2012 I shot this image while attending college. At the time I was enrolled in photography courses, developing everything I shot. This was taken in October of 1980. The economy was in a tailspin and the hostages in Iran were still being held, To offset the oil crisis we were told to don a sweater and drive 55. President Carter's poll numbers were abysmal. It was all beyond his control, and he knew it. This was supposed to be an upbeat campaign stop but the reality of the times forced their way past Carter's famous smile. Lately I've been going through old negatives and scanning them, trying to learn the in and outs of the digital darkroom while I decide which Dslr to call my first. This is a crop from a larger image I shot using my old Nikkormat Ft2 and a borrowed 135 since all I had at the time was my 50 f2 that came with my camera. I cropped the image in faststone to try and better capture the mood of the President that day. All comments,critiques and ratings are much appreciated. Thank you for looking. Link to comment
jgalyon 0 Posted January 4, 2012 Wonderful, Bill! The heavy grain gives a wonderful mood to the image. This one's going into "favorites" folder. Regards, John Link to comment
Alex_Es 388 Posted January 4, 2012 A very striking portrait of Carter. You caught the mood of the moment. Link to comment
seandepuydt 2 Posted January 5, 2012 Thank you for sharing your wonderful story. Photo is really cool. I happened to like Carter, even though I was only 12 at the time. - Sean Link to comment
sking 0 Posted January 6, 2012 Bill,Either of your two photos of Jimmy Carter are excellent news photos. I can imagine either of them being used in a newspaper or news magazine as they capture something beyond the carefully managed campaign image. They capture a real emotion and sense of despair. Congratulations on two excellent and historic shots.I remember once watching a video where Eddie Adams (a great photojournalist of the 60s-90s) was talking about shooting lots of pictures. He said, "I know photographers who shoot 10,000 frames and still don't get the picture."Well, sir, you GOT the picture!Steven King Link to comment
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