If Bob Said It Was Okay ...

 Of course Derby doesn't know Bob ... 

because I met Bob many many years ago 

and we still keep in touch.  When I 

introduced Wilson to Bob - Bob knew

Wilson's father - small world, isn't it!

Bob's Books To Me 

So I know you're wondering just who 'Bob' is.

Well, I met Bob while he was taking photographs

of a friend and Bob was kind enough

to take a few photo's of me (that was back in

my younger days).  I'm hoping Bob has my photo's

in a box next to some of the famous people

he photographed during his career.

 Meet Bob Adelman

I was very excited when Wilson purchased the 

new Nikon D5100 for me so I called Bob

to tell him and basically said to him that

there is no way I'm ever going to learn this camera

with all the setting ... to which Bob said

to me ... Katie, my dear, it's okay to shoot

photo's on automatic.  Then he spouted

off several well known photographers that

won awards using the simple automatic

setting on their camera ... so if Bob

said it's okay to shoot on automatic

then it's certainly okay with me!

 During our conversation Bob named several 

big camera companies that wanted to 'give' 

him their top of the line - over the top - expensive

camera to use.  Camera's that cost well over

$70,000 dollars ... I believe he said he didn't like them

with reasons why ... hey Bob - think of me next time!

So after that chat about expensive camera's

I sure felt my little Nikon was in the 'minor leagues'.

                        

F.Y.I. ON BOB ADELMAN

PHOTODOCUMENTARIAN & BOOK PRODUCER

  

MAGAZINES

Photographs for Cover Stories 

ESQUIRE, TIME, PEOPLE, LIFE,

NEW YORK,  HARPER'S, NEWSWEEK,

NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, FORTUNE,

AMERICAN HERITAGE, THE LONDON TIMES MAGAZINE,

STERN, LOOK, PARIS MATCH, USIA.

PORTFOLIOS

CAMERA, POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY ANNUAl, PHOTO.

 BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHED AND PRODUCED

DOWN HOME

ON AND OFF THE STREET

STREET SMART

GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE;  LADIES OF THE NIGHT;

OUT OF LEFT FIELD all with Susan Hall; 

HE NEXT AMERICA with Michael Harrington;

THE REAGAN REPORT; IT GROWS ON YOU,

A Hair Raising Survey Of Human Plumage with Roy Blount Jr;

THE ART OF ROY LICHTENSTEIN

essay by Calvin Tompkins, photographs and  interview by Bob Adelman;

CARVER COUNTRY: The World of Raymond Carver;

VISIONS OF LIBERTY, The Bill of Rights For All Americans

by Ira Glasser, photographs by Bob Adelman

KING: The Photobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.

by  Charles Johnson and Bob Adelman.

New York Times Book Company:

developed and photographed the Sidewalk reading program; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Random House, Dell Publishing: preparation of educational materials.

 As Wilson and I prepare to leave this morning

for our overnight trip to Longwood Gardens

I will keep in mind what 'Bob said' in our last e-mail ...

"I'm sure whatever you see is graced by your seeing it

{he's such a sweetheart to say that}.  Don't worry about

technique, you just need enough of a net to

catch the butterfly ..."

Well ... this may not be a butterfly but I did

manage to catch this little winged critter

on our last trip to Longwood.

...

Next post ... the flowers of Longwood

MORE ABOUT BOB ADELMAN

BOOKS PRODUCED

POLLOCK PAINTING

Photographs by Hans Namuth

BRUCE DAVIDSON PHOTOGRAPHS; 

BRANCUSI PHOTOGRAPHS;

SCULPTOR'S DRAWINGS;

ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY;

SOVIET MILITARY POWER:

The Annotated and Corrected Version of the Pentagon's Guide

THE FILM ENCYCLOPEDIA by Ephriam Katz;

PICTURES UNDER DISCUSSION, LIFE CLASSIC PHOTOGRAPHS,

LIFE FACES, CELEBRATING THE NEGATIVE,

and LIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS: WHAT THEY SAW, all by John Loengard;

BORN TO RUN THINGS:

An Utterly Unauthorized Biography of George Bush by Tony Hendra;

GRACE: 

An Intimate Portrait of Princess Grace by Howell Conant;

BRAD '61:

Portrait Of The Artist As a Young Man An Original Romance by Tony Hendra,

Inspired By The Pop Paintings of Roy Lichtenstein;

TIJUANA BIBLES:

 Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s-1950s by Bob Adelman with commentary by Richard Merkin and introduction by Art Spiegelman;

THE LONDON SUNDAY TIMES 1000 MAKERS OF THE CINEMA;

ROY LICHTENSTEIN'S  ABC by Bob Adelman;

MAGIC MOVIE MOMENTS

by Bob Adelman, Michael Rand, George Perry

SINATRA:

An Intimate Portrait of a Very Good Year Photographs by John Dominis

  REMEMBERING JACK by Jacques Lowe with text by Hugh Sidey

 LIFE The Great  Photographers by the Editors of LIFE

TEACHING

International Center for Photography, The New School, School of Visual Arts. Lectured at Columbia University, Stanford University, Union College, Philadelphia College of Art, University of Minn- esota, Miami University, Ohio State University, Steamboat Falls Workshop, Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

AWARDS

Guggenheim Fellowship; National Endowment for the Arts Grant; Art Director's Club Awards New York, Washington, San Francisco; American Institute of Graphic Arts 50 Books Awards; University of Missouri School of Journalism Award.

                                                                                

EXHIBITS

Smithsonian, Martha Jackson Gallery, Margaret Mitchell House,

American Federation of the Arts, Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site,

 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Photographs in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, The Getty Museum,

The Hallmark Collection, Private collections.