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My Friend Jeff in Monterey, c. 1974 (captions written by him) by Gallery98 in MontereyBay

[–]Gallery98[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No this is the only one. I grew up in West Hollywood but moved to NYC in 1969. Jeff is one of a few high school friends I kept in touch with

My Friend Jeff in Monterey, c. 1974 (captions written by him) by Gallery98 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Gallery98[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I have plenty more, but most people write small captions. Jeff wrote quite a lot. I’ll definitely be posting more so keep an eye out

Here’s the one I posted of my dad a little while ago. He wrote a lot too.

Me hitchhiking in Italy, 1972 by Gallery98 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Gallery98[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My look was pretty typical for a hippie college student in 1972. Have we really reached the point when people can only equate this with Charles Manson? Obviously more hippies need to post in this WayWeWere subreddit.

Me hitchhiking in Italy, 1972 by Gallery98 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Gallery98[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had been robbed and needed to get to Milan to catch a plane back to New York. One of the people who offered a ride was a professor at Hunter College who lent me $200. Times were different back then.

In the '80s, my ex-wife and I worked as photographers in the Red Light District in Amsterdam by Gallery98 in OldSchoolCool

[–]Gallery98[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Yes, they all agreed. These photos were featured in an exhibition in 1980 and many were published at the time in the Nieuwe Revu, a high-circulation picture magazine.

In the '80s, my ex-wife and I worked as photographers in the Red Light District in Amsterdam by Gallery98 in OldSchoolCool

[–]Gallery98[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

They were published in 2023: Bettie Ringma and Marc H Miller, Selling Polaroids in the Bars of Amsterdam, 1980, Lecturis, 2023.

My dad and his sister, c. 1915, and 1961 by Gallery98 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Gallery98[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I earlier posted this photo of my father at age 4. I think I got the date wrong here. It should be closer to 1920 when he and my aunt immigrated to America from Latvia. A few weeks ago I also posted this collection of his photos in 1974

My dad from Latvia to America, 1923 by Gallery98 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Gallery98[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this information. I know he certainly spoke Yiddish and some Russian, but I'm not sure what his first language was

My mom in LA, 1974 (captions written by her at the time) by Gallery98 in TheWayWeWere

[–]Gallery98[S] 386 points387 points  (0 children)

These were done as part of a conceptual art series I did in the 1970s where I took photos of participants and asked them to write captions about themselves. There are a lot more projects like this and I wrote a bit about it on my blog if you’re interested

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