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Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
Also: Western Star Motel + T-Bone Cafe, Junction, Texas and (a must!) the Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico and John Stampers San Antonio
Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
Marsh—Will be in Boulder Mon. Oct 20 [evening]—You working? If not, let's get together [even afterwords]. Gimme a ring, or whatever to let me know. Same phone #—[redacted]. Mark
Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
M+B—Just found out today that Harold [Jones] will be here next week. @ USC he will talk on the 28th @ noon, reception that night for work he is hanging @ 6. Maybe you make it up? Unclear how long he'll be here. M
Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
ALL OUR TRIPS ARE DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS, BUT "ONE VIEW IS WORTH A THOUSAND PICTURES," SAYS LIN.
Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
Ideas, or the lack of them, can cause disease. K.V. (ain't THAT the truth)
Marshall Mayer to Bonnie Lambert
Dear Bonnie, I hope this made it in one piece. This is part of what I sent to the Ferguson grant—it is one of only two prints that were really good. Stains again. Sometimes I don't know. (I'm watching Mary Hartman, etc.—the most depressing show ever conceived.) I think I'm going to Colorado Springs for the 4th though I could think of a dozen places or people I'd rather be with— all of which are highly improbable.—I finally got all moved—I really can't wait to move to Seattle—no kidding a place of my own again. I'm buying a bumper so I can hitch a trailer. Exciting, huh? Let me know what you're up to. Love, Marshall
Mark Johnstone to Bonnie Lambert and Marshall Mayer
dear bonnie + marshall: nothing is new here. none of my goddamn cars run. tony [Godec] is still sick. but i busted my ass and got my grad school applic. in. keep yr. fingers crossed. i got a sears credit card. whoopee. they don't sell liquor. i will forward a big box of stuff. some day. life sure can be a bun wad sometimes. Mark.
Mark Johnstone to Bonnie Lambert
Dear Bonnie—Eric [Minuth] and I are sitting' in the Pearl Brewery in San Antone sipping' a coupla cold ones. From here its to Texarkana and Memphis. The bicentennial S.W. tour moves on to the midwest. Shore wuz nice stayin' here @ a house wi' a swimming' pool. Will try to make Boulder's social event of the season. Even bought a new shirt for it. See ya + Marsh in a bit.
Mark Johnstone to Bonnie Lambert and Marshall Mayer
Marshall: Forgot 1) Am still interested in you and Mark [Mayer] doing a presentation—soon?Feb. would be good. Ken will be gone @ end of Feb. for a couple of days. Later M
Mark Johnstone to Bonnie Lambert and Marshall Mayer
Kiddies: Not this time... Lotsa stuff popping (although nothing big to notate, only that I no longer have the use of Beth's truck, nor Beth,—catch my drift?). I hope I can make it down in May sometime. My life runs at a casual pace approximating land speed records. M
Mark Johnstone to Bonnie Lambert
Well, 24 hrs into our trip and all systems are go. On the road to photography (road being used in the time-change space-sense). Kazam.
Mark Johnstone to Bonnie Lambert and Marshall Mayer
M+B: Did you know that Maxwell's expanded? Back room... B—Never did receive anything about that (fantastically surreal) union you spoke of on the phone; M—Recognize the rear on the reverse of this card? I hate 100º weather, still can't go nuts over the beach. Dealing w/ school makes me cranky. I resent not having money—though it's because of where I am; I wouldn't care if this place were pleasant. Living here instills a desire for power, which I'm not sure of the value of. Oh well, later M
Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer (5 of 5)
...Anyway, so much for the ontology of the snapshot. Would still like to see sometime copies of yr. papers fr. UNM (self-portraits, etc.). Mark
Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer (4 of 5)
...or to "do art" [in the "mode" of a "modern academy"]. Is it just not an evolution of the education of photographers to [unconsciously?] include + incorporate into their quickly made images, elements of design + timing which challenge the more traditional concepts of "record the kids in the center of the frame when they look their best"...
Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer (3 of 5)
...One idea which evolved in thinking about yr. proposal to accept much of what is labeled "snapshots" these days, as such was that it seems to me that the snapshot was always "calculated" in its observant quality, as pointed by the one who took it. This seems an inherent part of its documentation of the family unit/experience. Does it matter then if the intent is to record, or personal,...
Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer (1 of 5)
Marshall—Twas an interesting discussion we had in the wee hours that night, and I've had some thoughts on the same general subject since then, which I though I'd confer to you + solicit some feedback. I would...
Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer (2 of 5)
...not mind re-iteration of some pts, lost for my own records: i.e. discussion of snapshots done in the Aperture issue of the same name, historical perspective, what is a snapshot, etc. Even "What is art", what is an artist trying to accomplish by doing art, yr. ideas on what value art has, and where, etc, etc, etc....
Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
What grand vistas! What unmatchable horizons! What unbounded, breath-taking excitement in a view! (I anticipate breakfast eagerly)
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