06143 Nodding Terms - 1976 - a photo on Flickriver

06143 Nodding Terms - 1976

            Joan Didion suggested that "we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not..."

This is a selfie - no stick - from 1976. I used a tripod and self-timer. Now, it was a different era and there may or not be a certain level of cool on display here, but even if I didn't know him well, I would say this guy has his mask firmly in place and it's gonna take some effort to get past those defences. The only chink in his armour that I can make out is the crumpled Kleenex in his shirt pocket. I remember a woman friend seeing this projected and saying, "Oh, that is just so... you!" If I were in the next campsite, would I say hello to him?

But... some context. He is 27 years old and trying to change his life. He's living in Vancouver, then a medium-size city, and he's hoping for a job in a pulp mill in Gold River, on the central west coast of Vancouver Island, a wild and remote place. He's camping here in between trips to the mill to talk to the personnel guys. His girlfriend was murdered by a psycho with a knife a year and a half ago, and he hasn't really recovered from that yet He's not looking for trouble, but is ready to fight the world. The next decade will be decisive in moulding his fully adult character.

For some reason, they will hire him at the mill.

He'll last two years there, then take the next year to set up his first home darkroom and learn how to make prints, while spending most of his free time backpacking wilderness areas (Pacific Crest Trail, Canadian Rockies), and during this period he will also publish his first photos. So try to cut him a little slack; he'll turn out okay in the long run.

Photographed in Gold River, BC (Canada); scanned from the original Kodachrome 25 slide. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©1976 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken on: May 1, 1976

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