WK. 11; PHOTO ESSAY; THE DEAD SPEAK.

AMERICAN BORN FRASER (1876-1953) GREW UP IN MICHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA AND BEFRIENDED MANY OF THE PLAINS NATIVES. THE IMPRINT OF THEIR "DOOMED FATE" INFLUENCED THE FINAL RENDITION OF THIS PIECE. HE CHOSE TO PORTRAY THE IMAGE OF A PROUD AND SPIRITUAL PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE NEXT CENTURY...NOT TO SAY AN OVERWHELMING OF EUROPEAN INFLUENCE ON THEIR WAY OF LIFE...NEVER TO BE EXPERIENCED AGAIN. THE BOWED HEAD AND BODY, INDICATION OF A 'CLIFF'S EDGE' AND A STRONG WIND WHISKING BEHIND THE FIGURE AND HIS HORSE TRANSMIT THE MESSAGE WITHOUT A SINGLE WORD.

WK. 10; PHOTO ESSAY.

I CHOSE FRANK HURLEY AS MY ESSAY PHOTOGRAPHER. BORN ON OCT. 11, 1885 NEAR SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. HE RAN AWAY FROM HOME AT THE AGE 14. HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST CAMERS AT 17 FOR 15 SHILLINGS...ABOUT $1.50 USD. HE SIGNED ON AS THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE ANARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 8-8-1914 ABOARD THE HMS ENDURANCE. THE VOYAGE LASTED UNTIL 8-30-1916 AT WHICH TIME THE MAROONED CREW WAS RESCUED FROM ELEPHANT ISLAND,...NOT A LIFE WAS LOST.
PHOTOGRAPHY WAS STILL IN IT'S INFANCY...THE EQUIPMENT WAS HEAVY AND CUMBERSOME...40 LB. JUST FOR THE CAMERA..NOT TO MENTION THE GLASS PLATES. HE ALSO COMBINED NEGATIVES TO CREATE COMPOSITE IMAGES TO GIVE MORE IMPACT TO THE FINAL PHOTO...EDITORIALIZED??? HE ALSO DEVELOPED COLOR IMAGES USING THE DIFFICULT 'PAGET' PROCESS, A PRECUSOR TO KODACHROME. HE ALSO USED A CINEMATOGRAPH MACHINE DURING THIS EXPEDITION.
THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE WORTH THOUSANDS OF WORDS. REMEMBER, WHEN LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES TO KEEP IN MIND THE AMOUNT OF GEAR AND THE DEDICATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER (NOT TO MENTION THE ENTIRE CREW) TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASK OF CHRONICLING THE EXPEDITION. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT WAS SAVED AND TRANSPORTED 500 MILES OVER ICE AND OPEN OCEAN TO ELEPHANT ISLAND.

WK. #9; COLLAGE & TRANSPARENT SUPERIMPOSITION

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WK. 7, KBIC SENIOR CITIZEN PORTRAITS.

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