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locals in the student government
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Killer, Steve, and John.
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on the occasion of my 30th high school reunion year, this series of more than
400 images marked my first foray into public photography as the photography editor
for the
Sail
On -- the Gaithersburg High School Yearbook for the school year 1975-76
-- and it culminated with the publication of an award-winning issue of the yearbook
as co-edited by Wendy Chamberlin and Kathy Marshall, the rest of the yearbook
staff and as overseen by Dave "fearless leader" Sampselle, English teacher
and our intrepid guide.
the images are technically hard to look at, 30 years on, dusty, and framed poorly,
but what wonders Photoshop can do with bad negatives! if only we had that technology
'back then.' and it's clear that the cumulative view of the images is of my own
high school experience, with my friends appearing more often than not. looking
back, it would be nice to see all the photos that anyone made that year, to get
a more democratic view of the time. matter of fact -- if you have some images
to add, let me know -- see address below.
sadly, some of those found here are no longer walking this fragile path,
and it is to them that these memories are dedicated: Richard Thomson (1958
- 1987), John Wester (1958 - 2006).
please, help! I did not have access to my yearbook, so I decided basically
NOT to put any names on the photos unless I was TOTALLY sure of who it
was and the proper spelling, so if you see any unfinished captions, let
me know -- reference the number at the beginning of the caption and
send to hopkins <at> isnm.de -- and I'll add that to the photos.
and PLEASE NOTE, eventually the series will include over 450 images, it's slow
work prepping them for presentation, so, check back often -- I hope to have them
all up before the end of September for the Reunion (which I will unfortunately
not be attending). ENJOY!!!