Digital BW, The Print

>
> I would appreciate a hard address to send a card to his wife. Off list
> may be more appropriate.
>
Me too.
I've argued with Jerry so often over the last three or four years over print
colour, Gen 5 black longevity, digital cam sharpness etc it became as
reassuring as a spat with a life-long acquaintance.
BTW has anyone heard from Austin recently???

Julian

To have Jerry touched me professionally has helped me grow as an 
individual. He has gone "above and beyond the call of duty" when 
helping me "off-line" on his own personal time. Sharing his knowledge 
and expertise is a true test of a mans "metal".  

Daniel Elghanayan
Cleveland Ohio

http://www.westernechoes.com/

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Carolyn Frayn" <carolynfrayn@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Sad News


>
> On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 10:13  AM, Martin Wesley wrote:
>
> >
> > I would like to let his family know how many friends and contacts he
> > made via the Internet over the past few years and how much we valued
> > his friendship. Often we are here communicating at length but our
> > "real world" friends and family may have no idea how many people we
> > contact.
>
> Lovely idea Martin,  you would communicate that very well.

Carolyn,

I will compile and print out the various messages regarding Jerry passing
that have come my way on and off the list, and send them to his mother. If
anyone wants to add anything just post it here or send it to me in the next
day or so.

Martin

I've been on this list for about a year, and have learned that not all 
contributors provide information or perspective of value to me at my level 
of experience.  But I always read Jerry's messages - even when they didn't 
seem to be on a subject that had a direct bearing on something I was doing 
or thinking about at the time, I found that I got something worthwhile out 
of them.  He will be missed.

Cheers,
Kip Babington

>I will compile and print out the various messages regarding Jerry passing
>that have come my way on and off the list, and send them to his mother. If
>anyone wants to add anything just post it here or send it to me in the next
>day or so.
>
>Martin

I am so sad about Jerry. Just the other day, I looked at his website 
for the first time in a couple of years and realized again how gorgeous 
his photos were. Many times in the past when I had an ink, paper, or 
Macintosh problem, I emailed Jerry, and he was always so helpful! He 
will be missed greatly.

Barbara White

-----Original Message-----

  From: Martin Wesley [mailto:mwesley250@...]
  Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 1:52 PM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Sad News


   I well remember seeing Jerry's photos in the Browning Gallery in Grand Forks during the years I lived there. After I retired and moved to New Mexico I never thought for a moment that a North Dakota art connection would reopen. Jerry was a font of knowledge which he willingly shared. Despite the almost furious arguments that sometimes opened up on the list, Jerry was never less than a gentleman. 

  I will treasure the prints I have of his from the exchange; some I can't read others I am in awe of but all are the product of a talented artist and supreme craftsman.  I will certainly miss having him as a guru to whom the dumbest question could be asked and a thoughtful and useful reply the consistant answer.  
  R oger




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Wow, I can't beieve Jerry is gone! I think he more than anybody inspired me
to demand and expect a lot from digital output. I found the Epson-Leben list
with a hope digital BW would be worth playing with and found Jerry was
already making and exhibiting high quality digital work. It gave me hope.
Before embarking on my first ink/workflow combo I asked Jerry to send me a
small print so I could see what to expect. He sent me four 8.5x11 signed
exhibition quality prints. So when Jerry proclaimed "the inks are too warm
and the blacks are not black enough" I thought "goddamn it, somebody give
Jerry the bloody inks he needs!"

Over time I tried a lot of the things I knew Jerry liked. They weren't
always right for me, but I have a few Olsons and whatever Jerry used it sure
did work for him.

He could be stubborn, he could be combative, but he was always humble,
always sincere, and always about making great prints, which as often as not,
he'd give away for free.

Jerry was a great guy, a wimsical and imaginative photographer, a superb
printer, and an awesome list member. I miss him already.

Todd Flashner

The memory of following Jerry's posts over the past couple years had the 
flavor of following the Drinking Gourd. Checking in with the North Star never 
fails to reassure me that all's right for the world. Jerry had that North 
Star quality. His dedication to excellence, his passion for the photographic 
process, his gracious willingness to help others, his instinctive generosity 
were as fixed and reliable as the pole star. My condolences to his mother. 
And I hope someone will take care of those cats. If they did indeed own him, 
they must be accustomed to lounging where and when they please. How did their 
late companion keep cat hair off his arresting prints? Best thoughts, Carol 
Craven 


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