locals in the student government office: Killer, Steve, and John.

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!!!