Digital BW, The Print

To say I was shocked when I logged onto the  Digital BW Print 
Exchanges group this morning is an understatement. I've been 
travelling the last week and a number of this months exchange 
particpants have emailed me with problems and qustions about posting 
their prints...my replies generally referr to the "Jerry Olson" 
syndrome...he gave up on posting...just couldn't make it work...many 
months ago and began emailing me small jpgs so I could post for him.
All I can say is that is was a great treat to have some reason to 
email him on a nearly daily basis and speak by phone from time to 
time. I just shipped his last set of exchange prints before I left 
and wondered why I hadn't heard from him yet...he always chimed in 
with compliments for the good printers and help for the newbies who 
needed and wanted it.

what a great guy...

what a great photographer.

I could go on but to tell the truth I am somewhat overwhelmed at the 
moment. When I get home Sunday night, I will set up a separate folder 
in the PHOTO section of the Digital BW Print Exchanges group to 
include all of Jerry's prints (he never missed a month of the monthly 
exchange...even the month when the Post Office took 3 months to 
deliver to me, he got a second set to me in a timely fashion...what a 
dedicated guy). 

Keith posted a notice about a foundation being set up...count me in 
and I have some other ideas for things we can do to raise the money 
to be sure his work survives (I'd be willing to bet he is the only 
graduate of Brooks Institutue who went back to practice in ND <g>).

Jerry, we'll miss you, buddy...you'll never have a clog again and 
your blacks will always be black (and you won't need the piggly 
wiggly to ship to us any more).

Tom O'Connell

ps. the url for Digital BW Print Exchanges  is 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBW-PrintExchanges/

Jerry's prints are scattered all over the place right now.