Dave Clark?!
How’s the “Five” ….
(Sorry, someone had to say it)
Cheers
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Oh the good old days…
Cheers ☮

Did you by chance get a picture of the wizard looking man with crows wings on his head walking a great dane on a chain?
I’m sure somebody has a photo of something that unique…

I remember the Cates Park fair. I was a high school student and my older brother was selling homemade candles and leather belts there. It was the first time I had too much beer, and discovered the joys of drunken puking. 😆

Hey, Gordon: Far from ‘vandalizing’ my images by colourizing them, I believe I have breathed fresh life into them, as my mission was to document the events, which of course we all perceive in colour, initially.
Some images I have made remain in black and white, where the esthetic dictates. An example of this is the image of the nude woman standing alone, defiantly gazing across Burrard Inlet from Maplewood Mudflats toward the Chevron and Shell tank farm (‘Ninstints on Burrard Inlet’). As a black and white image it is strong and simple and would not work in colour. The image of Ross Barrett is a wholly different example of this, where Ross gets ‘lost in the crowd’ in its desaturated (black and white) version. Colour not only adds clarity, but pulls us into the direct memory of the event. One reason I chose black and white film was that it gave me total control of the image: shadow and highlight detail, contrast and tight grain. I processed and printed all my work, and now in the addition of colour, I do so for the scanned b&w images.
Art and ‘artiness’? To quote the great rock and roll shooter, Jim Marshall, now passed – “I can shove ART’. With much the same sentiment, I strove not to make ‘art’, but to make a DOCUMENT of the events I shot. Perhaps this is why I have sat on all these ‘street’ image ‘documents’ for decades.

I really appreciate your comments and insights, Gordon. I have had this argument for years with many fellow shooters who sometimes tend to keep a somewhat narrow gaze on the ‘purist’ notion of their work, as do many gallery owners. Thanks for your considered reply!

I too am interested, thank you.
By any chance, did you film the Village Faire held in Cates Park, North Vancouver, circa 1971? I know there was one because I saw a short documentary of it shown on television in the 70s and I’ve tried to find it to no avail.

Ross is the stuff that keeps old Vancouver alive. He still plays at protests, events, happenings. He should be knighted!

What a blast Time it was and what a time it was…

Yes! I would love to see that footage. I was at a few of those early be-ins. I came across a man in a cassock feeding little birds in his hands, and he gave me some birdseed and the birds landed on my arms and hands to eat. I’ve fed birds ever since.

Hello Peter, I attended the 30th anniversary of the stanley park be in and would love to see your photos/video!

Interested? Of course.