Saturday, December 13, 2014
BOBBY LINDSTROM And The Bend Tribe
POSTER ~ Photo Fine Art Print
Evening Performance, Kelly D's
Bend, Oregon
December 5, 2014
Here is my poster of the immensely talented, local Bend music group led by Bobby Lindstrom, in concert, known as the "Bend Tribe" - Edward "the Whistler" Sharlet, Steve Beaudry (Harmonica), Derek Michael Marc, (Vocal/Gitar) Gary Flaherty (Guitar) and Bob Akers (Bass).
According to fan, Sonja Reiter about this series of individual photographs-- "This is a fantastic montage, a collection of portraits, combined to create the feeling we had when actually THERE. Emotions ran high, warm, vibrant, with music everywhere."
Thursday, November 20, 2014
"BILL KELLER 1977"
Washington DC, late night
Available at my store website,
http://www.clydekeller.com/BILL-KELLER-1977-Former-New-York-Times-Editor-Clyde-Keller-photo_p_391.html
My vintage documentary portrait captures Bill Keller former Executive Editor of the New York Times newspaper. At the time we were riding in his car, late night, on the streets of Washington DC. I was there working as a photographer to cover the inauguration of Jimmy Cater for the Newhouse papers.
The camera I used for all of the Republican and Democratic Convention photographs was a customized Motor Nikon film camera with Nikkor Lenses. This photograph was taken with a 55mm Nikkor, a personal favorite for razor sharp candid portraiture. Made from the original pristine negative with full tonal range and exquisite sharpness.
Washington DC, late night
Available at my store website,
http://www.clydekeller.com/BILL-KELLER-1977-Former-New-York-Times-Editor-Clyde-Keller-photo_p_391.html
My vintage documentary portrait captures Bill Keller former Executive Editor of the New York Times newspaper. At the time we were riding in his car, late night, on the streets of Washington DC. I was there working as a photographer to cover the inauguration of Jimmy Cater for the Newhouse papers.
The camera I used for all of the Republican and Democratic Convention photographs was a customized Motor Nikon film camera with Nikkor Lenses. This photograph was taken with a 55mm Nikkor, a personal favorite for razor sharp candid portraiture. Made from the original pristine negative with full tonal range and exquisite sharpness.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, "AIRPORT ARRIVAL" Fine Art Print
"RFK AIRPORT ARRIVAL"
Portland, Oregon
May 1968
In my original documentary photo Bobby Kennedy is shown arriving at the Portland airport- his hand waving to the crowd of supporters who came to welcome him. My Robert F. Kennedy Photo Collection comprises over 150 images I took of him during the 1968 Oregon May Primary. Please visit my website to view this important collection of this great American.
The camera I used for all of the Kennedy photographs was an original Nikon F with Nikkor Lenses. The photograph was taken with a 28mm Nikkor, a personal favorite for fast available light photography. Exposures were made on Kodak Ektachrome film. The original transparencies and negatives from my Kennedy Collection have been kept in dark storage and are in pristine condition for their vintage.
"Mr. Keller's photographs document America at the very highest level of photographic arts. To be in the moment of Whistle Stop, though the lens of Mr. Keller is to connect with history in a beautiful way. The print was exquisite, the service and responsiveness of Mr. Keller truly outstanding. Mr. Keller's archive is arguably the best value available on the web for the serious photography lover\collector." Washington DC Photographer, William Boling
To buy my fine art prints please visit www.clydekeller.com
"MIGRANT WATER CARRIERS" Fine Art Print, 1973
"MIGRANT WATER CARRIERS"
Washington County, Oregon
Early Summer 1973, Dykes Camp
Cucumbers. Acres of cucumbers in the rich turd brown fields of Washington County, Oregon picked by migrant farm laborers. Chicanos mostly, who came up from Mexico to live in smallish plywood shacks built by such landowners as Ron Tankersley, who told me, "families, sometimes over a dozen children, all lived together in square, a 20x20 foot one room plywood shacks." Later, he served jail time, according to an article published on May 6, 1989 in the Eugene Register Guard for using illegal contractors.
I was there to take pictures of them-- and here in the Land of Opportunity they were all seemingly proud. But these scenes resembled another America to me, going back in time to the 1930s or before. Bathrooms, water and cooking facilities were outside the campground shacks.
I
was hired to document these conditions and also, to record their
stories. And so, in 1974, I took my Nikon cameras, lenses and my new
Sony audio cassette recorder with me to the migrant farms, out to the
fields, up close to show the back-breaking reality these people
endured."
I
always traveled in cars driven by Chicanos who knew the farms and
conditions, who now were living here permanently, and who spoke English.
They had once picked in these fields and now were guides taking me to
these choice areas to make documentary photographs. My principal guide
for several of the cucumber field photos was a young 22 year old
Chicano, Amador Arturo,
who was living outside of Forest Grove, in an isolated rural highland
area. He carried with him one of the pocket books from the famous “Tales
of Don Juan” trilogy and was quite outspoken. He didn't trust the
American culture and over a period of months became more withdrawn into
his own Chicano culture. But, during these days of my project had the
time to be my guide and wanted to take me to the hot spots.
We would arrive at these fields in the morning, ready to rock and roll.
I recall the fields appeared vast to me, and unending sea of cucumbers
with Migrant pickers could be seen across the landscape, all of them
working in unison. This was not a picnic. I wanted to show the
immensity, the large scale of the operation and went into the fields to
work up close. Standing in the dirt, the pickers were shown up close as
they bent down towards the ground. The effect of the wide angle lens
was that the rows of pickers would rapidly disappear into the backdrop
of the fields. Marching forward through the rows of workers, I found
many pictures. Sometimes a single worker would be featured, so that
they filled the frame of my camera. I used hand gestures rather
attempted dialog, worked quickly and grabbed shots as they occurred.
Then with my 300mm telephoto, I focused on individual laborers so that
the background became compressed, the far reaches of the fields now
right upon their backs, the workers in sharp detail. Young children,
perhaps seven or eight year old beamed at me and I snapped lots of
photos of them from the ground looking up so that they appeared to be
giants. All of the workers were proud of their work and it showed in
these photos.
My documentary image was made utilizing a Nikon F film camera. The detail is enhanced by my use of an ultra sharp 24mm Nikkor wide angle lens. The exposure was made on Kodak Tri-X film. The original negatives have been kept in dark storage and are in pristine condition.
To buy my fine art prints please visit www.clydekeller.com
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
FLOATING TOTEMS, Stanley Park, BC, Clyde Keller surreal Fine Art Print
Available for purchase as a fine art print at my website store www.clydekeller.com
To buy my fine art prints please visit www.clydekeller.com
http://www.clydekeller.com/FLOATING-TOTEMS-Stanley-Park-BC-Clyde-Keller-surreal-Fine-Art-Print_p_137.html
In my interpretive documentary photo the background has been given a dreamy quality while the totems remain in their full color in the mid day sun. The effect allows the totems to float against this dreamy backdrop and to emerge within the context of their spirit.
Native American Coat of Arms Panorama.
Featured are eight totems found within
Stanley Park facing Coal Harbor representing various Indian equivilants
for their "Coat of Arms." From left to right they are the Oscar Maltipi
Pole, Beaver Crest Pole, Chief Eakas Pole, Sky Chief Pole, Kaka'solas,
Thunderbird House Post, Ga'akstalas and the Chief Skedans Mortuary Pole,
far right. These unique totems are all carved from western red cedar.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
"HEART"
Rockers, Ann & Nancy Wilson portrait
Photographed February 1980
Here is my portrait of two sisters and rock stars, Ann & Nancy Wilson, from 1980. Their band, Heart, remained a force in the rock music world throughout the 1980s-- to date and is considered the first monster women rock and roll band. On August 31, 2010 they released their newest album entitled "Red Velvet Car." At the time, they had just released, "Dog and Butterfly." Previously (at the time of this 1981 portrait) they had produced, "Dreamboat Annie" and "Little Queen." This portrait captured the Wilsons at the pinnacle of their ride to meteoric fame. Please note that Ann is the figure on the left side, Nancy is on the right.
My documentary image was made utilizing a Nikon F2 film camera. The detail is enhanced by my use of an ultra sharp 35mm Nikkor wide angle lens. The exposure was made on Kodak Ektachrome film. The original negatives have been kept in dark storage and are in pristine condition.
Buy this print at www.clydekeller.com/HEART-Rockers-Ann-and-Nancy-Wilson-Clyde-Keller-photo-1980_p_216.html
Friday, August 29, 2014
http://www.clydekeller.com/BOB-CARVER-BALLET-Hi-Fi-inventor-Clyde-Keller-photo-1980_p_385.html
"BOB CARVER BALLET"
Inventor with his Magnetic Field Power Amplifier
M400-a, 201 watts minimum per channel
Woodinville, Washington circa Spring 1980
Bob Carver is known internationally, since the 1970s (or before) for his high powered sold state amplifiers and later for his unique vacuum tube designs and products. In the Spring of 1980 I was hired to photograph him with his new 7-inch, 9 pound cube, which quite possibly was the "most powerful story in the history of high fidelity amplifier design." The resulting portrait I made of him shows him dancing in his factory laboratory holding his new, light weight, miniature amp. My image was published at first in the New York magazine, The Village Voice, and then later in other publications.
Bob was responsible for inspiring my interest in hi-fi. I have pursued this interest since meeting him, and got into vacuum tubes early-- well before Bob, in fact!
Buy this print at www.clydekeller.com
http://www.clydekeller.com/BOB-CARVER-BALLET-Hi-Fi-inventor-Clyde-Keller-photo-1980_p_385.html
Sunday, August 17, 2014
NEW SUBJECT CATEGORY--
MIGRANT FARM LABORERS
My vintage 1973 hard hitting look--
I was there to take pictures of them-- and here in the Land of Opportunity they were all seemingly proud. But these scenes resembled another America to me, going back in time to the 1930s or before. Bathrooms, water and cooking facilities were outside the campground shacks.
I
was hired to document these conditions and also, to record their
stories. And so, in 1973, I took my Nikon cameras, lenses and my new
Sony audio cassette recorder with me to the migrant farms, out to the
fields, up close to show the back-breaking reality these people
endured.
I
always traveled in cars driven by Chicanos who knew the farms and
conditions, who now were living here permanently, and who spoke English.
They had once picked in these fields and now were guides taking me to
these choice areas to make documentary photographs. My principal guide
for several of the cucumber field photos was a young 22 year old
Chicano, Amador Arturo,
who was living outside of Forest Grove, in an isolated rural highland
area. He carried with him one of the pocket books from the famous “Tales
of Don Juan” trilogy and was quite outspoken. He didn't trust the
American culture and over a period of months became more withdrawn into
his own Chicano culture. But, during these days of my project had the
time to be my guide and wanted to take me to the hot spots.
We would arrive at these fields in the morning, ready to rock and roll.
I recall the fields appeared vast to me, and unending sea of cucumbers
with Migrant pickers could be seen across the landscape, all of them
working in unison. This was not a picnic. I wanted to show the
immensity, the large scale of the operation and went into the fields to
work up close. Standing in the dirt, the pickers were shown up close as
they bent down towards the ground. The effect of the wide angle lens
was that the rows of pickers would rapidly disappear into the backdrop
of the fields. Marching forward through the rows of workers, I found
many pictures. Sometimes a single worker would be featured, so that
they filled the frame of my camera. I used hand gestures rather
attempted dialog, worked quickly and grabbed shots as they occurred.
Then with my 300mm telephoto, I focused on individual laborers so that
the background became compressed, the far reaches of the fields now
right upon their backs, the workers in sharp detail. Young children,
perhaps seven or eight year old beamed at me and I snapped lots of
photos of them from the ground looking up so that they appeared to be
giants. All of the workers were proud of their work and it showed in
these photos.
My documentary images were made utilizing a Nikon F film camera. The detail is enhanced by my use of ultra sharp Nikkor lenses. The exposures were made on Kodak Tri-X film. The original negatives have been kept in dark storage and are in pristine condition.
To buy my fine art prints please visit www.clydekeller.com
My documentary images were made utilizing a Nikon F film camera. The detail is enhanced by my use of ultra sharp Nikkor lenses. The exposures were made on Kodak Tri-X film. The original negatives have been kept in dark storage and are in pristine condition.
To buy my fine art prints please visit www.clydekeller.com
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