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Marci Lindsay's avatar

OMG, she's great. Best part, when she pats her Leica. "Nice," she says.

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Andy Adams's avatar

I loved that. Such affection for those beautiful machines. A genuine passion.

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George r johnson's avatar

Thank for sharing profile of kind and caring person who was pulled into photography through her love of jazz and expanded her vision.wonderful story. Also from Milwaukee, I listen to jazz on late night radio and understand the attraction; i spent short time living in New York hanging around jazz clubs,but didn’t start photographing jazz musicians until I moved to Madison .

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Jody Frost's avatar

Ah! She's is so lovely and such an affirmation for staying active and involved for a long and satisfying life!

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Robin Germany's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing that video. Ms. Clark is lovely and so charming. Her commitment to making photographs is clear as she speaks. And I appreciate how understated she is while talking about her photographic subjects. I will show this to my students!

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Andy Adams's avatar

Oh, wonderful! I hope they enjoy it. Thanks for looking, Robin!

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Shirley Harryman's avatar

Thanks for sharing that, just delightful. I just retired as a designer for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art where I had the honor of working closely with their amazing photography collection. I can really appreciate her connection to the museum, as well as photography and music.

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Andy Adams's avatar

Wonderful! Do you know April Watson? I worked with her and Jane Aspinwall on a portraiture show many years ago.

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Angela Kelly's avatar

How genuinely sweet! I love her!

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June Andarcio's avatar

Really enjoyed the video. Thank you for sharing. What a nice vibe after such hard days.

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Andy Adams's avatar

I thought so too. Fortifying our souls, right?

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June Andarcio's avatar

Indeed it did!

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Travis Huggett's avatar

She is wonderful.

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Andy Adams's avatar

I agree. A beautiful soul. I love that she moved to NYC from Milwaukee to pursue her passion for jazz music. That's wonderful.

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Travis Huggett's avatar

I was moved by the thought of her spending the night in jazz clubs and then taking the subway home alone to Sunnyside in the early hours of the morning.

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Andy Adams's avatar

Right? Picturing this young, confident woman doing her thing in 1950s/60s NYC was inspiring. She mentioned how safe it was back then. Sad to hear it's not so anymore. Another story of a Lost America.

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Carrie Loranger's avatar

Hi Andy, I have some photos for your colors collection. How do I submit?

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Andy Adams's avatar

Hey, Carrie! Email anytime: flakphoto@gmail.com Cheers!

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Carrie Loranger's avatar

Will do, Andy!

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Larry Horsfall's avatar

Thank you for sharing this great story. A woman from Wisconsin! goes to NYC in part because of her love of jazz! and becomes a jounalist-photographer-curator.

I loved every second of this. Thank you Andy!!

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Tim Boschert's avatar

Thank you for the share this morning. It too made my coffee hour! What an incredible story, talk about a time in history preserved with her donation to The Met. You could see the passion and emotion in her as she handled the cameras.

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Alan Bulley's avatar

I just happened to watch this the other day -- great story!

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