35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
1964 -- the year the Beatles came to America - was a sad year for me. I was up at 5 AM everyday to distribute newspapers, made all of $14 a month if I got paid by the greedy subscribers. I turned 12 that year.
The Strangest Things Happen Here at RFF!!!
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wjlapier
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Excellent! Love the historical aspect--and the rare coincident. Amazing--especially about a black Nikon S2 no less!
robert blu
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What a phantastic story ! It demonstrates that love for photography is not just a question of lenses, gear or combination film/developper. It is story, memories, life...
robert
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hamradio
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Wow, very cool story.
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Very cool story. Love the special Batman cape he was holding in the picture.
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johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
Great story, for sure. Wish I had a shot of my grandfather like that one!
Lessons learnt:
Shoot as much as you can, even if it seems trivial at the time
Never sell a camera, just stack 'em up!
Lessons learnt:
Shoot as much as you can, even if it seems trivial at the time
Never sell a camera, just stack 'em up!
kshapero
South Florida Man
My avatar is a photo taken in 2007 of a man in my neighborhood who actually thinks he is still in the early 60's. I look a tad different.
We kinda look a lot alike. LOL!!
Fascinating story Dale! Thanks for sharing.
I could have sworn the lens on the S2 was a final version 35/2.5 (same barrel as the 35/1.8 and the front element looks a little too small for the 35/1.8), but of course the guy who's actually holding the camera in the photo is the guy who knows for sure. Thanks again for posting!
kshapero
South Florida Man
Oh, yes a great story.
Very cool story!
It does look like an f/2.5 to me, also.
Here is an f/1.8:
It does look like an f/2.5 to me, also.
Here is an f/1.8:
robocam
a picture a day...
I met Kerwin a few times. I left UPI Newspictures in 1976 but I did some free-lance shooting for them after that. I shot for UPI at the 1985 Worlds Series in Kansas City. KC played St. Louis winning the series four games to three. I am sure Kerwin shot for the series as I have seen a photo recently of him at one of the St. Louis games during the series. He may have been at the KC games, but we had about 15 shooters at each game and it was pretty hectic.
I remember him as a friendly guy and a excellent shooter.
He was a student at Kansas State University. When I worked for UPI out of KC, I had a telephoto transmitter set up permanently in the darkroom at K.State, Univ. of Kansas and Univ. of Mo. for students to send us photos of breaking news and some sports, although I covered most of the football games at the schools, unless home games were at more than one school on a Saturday. I don't recall that he was at K.State when I worked for UPI.
Dale
newspaperguy
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September '64...
I had just celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary,
and the poor girl is still stuck with me. 😛
I had just celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary,
and the poor girl is still stuck with me. 😛
lemalk
Rebel Without Applause
Fantastic story. It helps me remember that being a photographer isn't about acquiring gear and chasing glass - it's about creating memories, stories and connecting with others.
robocam
a picture a day...
OK you caught me, maybe I am getting old. naw no way.
I have one shot of the front of the camera fairly close and I looked with a magnifying glass and yes it is the 35/2.5.
I have been looking for some record of the serial# of the body but have not found it yet. I have printed sheets of my early Nikon RF collection items all duly listed with numbers, but not that camera and lens. I guess I must have not thought of it as collectible when I was collecting :~)
Here is a severe crop from an 8x10 print.
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mike kim
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Amazing story. And what's funny, I'm actually holding a DVD of a Beatles concert in 1964 right now...
chris00nj
Young Luddite
Awesome story.
So do you have the same black S2 today? It would be cool to do a reinactment photo.
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So what's his parting gift Fred? A years supply of Hypo-Clear?
B2 (;->
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burninfilm
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Now, here's the rest of the images from the series. All were made on a medium format rangefinder, so they are perfectly suitable for RFF. Check it out:
1964 Beatles Tour: A Press Conference in Kansas City
raid
Dad Photographer
This is super cool. I love the Beatles music.
crawdiddy
qu'est-ce que c'est?
Cool story. Very cool camera. I was a kid in 1964. The look of the photo really takes me back, with memories of the JFK assassination, closely followed by Beatlemania.
