I am trying to do some cleaning up and throwing out. I came across a small faded print of this self-portrait I shot in the bathroom mirror, I am guessing. I had used an old 620 roll-film camera I got from my mom, and then I bought a Brownie Hawkeye. But when I used money from my paper route to buy a 35mm camera, it felt as if I had finally arrived! It had a rapid-advance film lever that was operated with my thumb, just like the pros and their Leicas. I bought it, by the way, from Lafayette Radio, which was located here on Long Island, of all places. I have no idea what happened to this camera, unfortunately. I kind of wish I still had this. I am a pack rat, so I have most of my other cameras I owned after this.
7 comments:
OMG, you invented the selfie!!!
very very cool picture. Needs to be framed !!!
Classic picture!-- Stan
This is so cool. How old were you in this photo?
Joan
Let me guess that I was in 7th or 8th grade. I think I was not in High School yet, because I was still doing the paper route, I think. So that would have put me at about 13 or 14. Maybe younger...
looks like the cover of a Saturday Evening Post !!!
You look almost exactly the same except that you wear glasses now. Love that you did a "selfie"!! You really need to keep this photo. betsey
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