[LargeFormat] Older Photographer Dressed in a Top Hat

[Brock Nanson]

Dave,

As usual you are absolutely correct... I came close with the French
Revolution suggestion but simply failed to appreciate the full potential of
such stylish accoutrements (good word, eh?  It's French!! ;-)

Unfortunately my 'quieter rural constitution' may be a problem I'm sure.  We
don't see much in the way of fashion around these parts that doesn't in some
way incorporate Velcro.  Certainly fine feathers don't mix well with Velcro.
However, what one does in the privacy of his or her own home is really
nobody's business but their own.

I am, however, rather surprised that you could appreciate this living in
Cowtown.  The country bars must have changed their dress codes since I was
last at the Stampede... ;-)

Brock

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hornford, Dave" <Dave.Hornford@hp.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:22 PM
Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Older Photographer Dressed in a Top Hat


Brock,
Black pyjamas & sandals? Far to down market & peasant oriented for
someone of Uncle Dick's sartorial elegance. Clearly an attempt to accent
the lineage of the camera rather than develop the ancestral lineage of
the colonising blokes Uncle Dick's esteemed ancestors seem not to be.
Perhaps, even, an attempt to capture some of the aura of Mr Hefner. In
all, not suitable for Uncle Dick.

I see something either from the court of Louis XIV with sufficient
ruffles, wide sleeves, buckle shoes, broad rimmed hat with feather. And
perhaps a rapier, but that may be going to excess.

The ruffles provide the necessary understated dignity required to work
with the Sen Hao

The broad rimmed hat provides both a wide range of functions beyond the
obvious style; Uncle Dick has a place to keep something under, his fair
features are afforded protection from both the zillion amps of modelling
lamps and the burning southern sun, should a lens shade be required one
only has to hold ones head 'just so', and should the authorities
intervene during a session - well one can hold ones head 'just so' to
avoid the unsightly digital cameras of the press. And the uses of the
feather, well the feather goes without saying.

Buckle shoes simply go with the ruffles - and in a pinch could provide
emergency parts to the Sen Hoa, or a necessary prop in the session -
perhaps intruding on the feather, but again the feather goes without
saying.

With the large number of things kept up Uncle Dick's sleeves wide
sleeves are both a de rigueur fashion component and a practical
necessity.

One can simply see Uncle Dick attempting to recreate the more playful
moments of the Sun King's court or the festivities at the Chateau.
Brock, ccontemplating Uncle Dick, the Shen Hoa, a bevy of beauties and
the Hall of Mirrors may be to much for your quieter rural constitution.

regards Dave


Dave Hornford
"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered."
   --- G.K. Chesterton









-----Original Message-----
From: Brock Nanson [mailto:brock@nanson.org]
Sent: November 6, 2002 9:11 PM
To: largeformat@f32.net
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Older Photographer Dressed in a Top Hat



----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 6:44 AM
Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Older Photographer Dressed in a Top Hat


>
>     BUT - what shall I wear with the Mighty Shen Hao? All suggestions
> gleefully received. Best suggested outfit wins a prize....truly rooly.
>
>     Uncle Dick
>
> PS: Nanson and Wolz are ineligible for this prize as they are recent
> winners.
>
> Even though disqualified I'll add this pearl of wisdom:
>
> Semper ubi sub ubi
>
> Karl Wolz

Yes, words to live by.  I always do, except in the shower... but I think
that can be forgiven.  Ah yes, too much information, I know!

Also disqualified but must offer a suggestion anyway.  I'm thinking
thongs, black pajamas and a wide brimmed coulee hat.  You could go
mobile with an oxcart too... that would add even more authenticity.
Some people might mistake the contraption for a guilotine in which case
something floofy and French Revolution might be more stylish...

Brock


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