Ode to my Photo Grandfather - Bart Parker

If our knowledge and experiences had a family tree... a web... a network of connections we make...

Remember the name: Work by late professor, former students on display at URI - Independent Newspapers: Arts And Living

Photo updates to SPE posts...

Just found some photographs from the photo booth at the conference I attended in San Francisco back in March. The Society of Photographic Education always ends with a really rowdy party and our parties always either have a polaroid photo booth or something the like.  This year it was sponsored by the folks at Capture Integration.

Anyhow, here are some of the fam that attended this year...

Left to right...Susan Moore - Indiana University South Bend, myself, Stan Strembicki - Washington University, Dave Johnson - Saint Louis University & Washington University...

The Photo Family Tree

Just after the surprise storms that shredded the trees in my neighborhood and boogered up my poor little house & cars we went to dinner at Stan & Rose's house (my professor from WU.) Bart Parker and Rita DeWitt were visiting, and as always, we all love to gather for a meal. Here is last nite's photo family portrait, and here are some names for you to know and research for your weekly artists. Because, as I always say, it would be insane to think that we come from ourselves, creatively speaking...

Left to right (front row):
Rosemary Strembicki
Rita DeWitt (photo grandmother)
Bart Parker (photo grandfather)
Stan Strembicki (photo father)

Left to right (back row):
David Johnson (photo brother)
Lauren
Gina Grafos (photo sister)
Travis Howser
Patrick Renschen (photo uncle)
Myself
Finley
The Colonel (husband)

This is Fin's first portrait with Grandpa Stan.