Back row (L to R): Jan Woolheater, Matt Taylor, Sam Kaszuba, Becca Tyndall, Connie Beil, Jim Beil, Rob Wood, and Chris Willis
Front row: Eason Bryan, Kutcha the Dog, Kevin Hogan, Lynne Fairchild, and Justin Willis
Philmont News & Photo Service | Dorm 2 | Randomness
For two summers, I was fortunate enough to work with a spectacular group of people — my colleagues in Philmont's News and Photo Service. In 1994, I was a photographer; in 1995, I ran the show as NPS Photo Manager, overseeing eight photographers and the daily operation of the lab.
Working conditions were a real battlefield climate — we took thousands of pictures (most of them with the trusty Pentax 67), and printed tens of thousands of prints; around 20,000 people pass through Philmont each summer, and all of them get at least one (free) 8x10" glossy photo of the group that they came with.
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The 1995 NPS Team:
Back row (L to R): Jan Woolheater, Matt Taylor, Sam Kaszuba, Becca Tyndall, Connie Beil, Jim Beil, Rob Wood, and Chris Willis |
| The 1994 NPS Team:
Left to right: Josh Jones, Nancy Allen, Jan Woolheater, Alex Price, Jim Beil, Charley Fairbanks, Kevin Hogan, Mark Dierker, Tom Waters, Jeremy Pritchett, and James Ewing. In tree: Dave Halbeck. |
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| He wasn't a person, but Phil the Cat played an important role in 1994 NPS operations, mostly by shedding small white hairs all over the place (never let a cat in your darkroom!) and entertaining us all by doing disgusting things like eating squeeze cheese. Phil went MIA during the winter and did not return for the 1995 season. |
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Left to right: Scott Carlton, Jamie Stafford, Kevin Hogan, Scott Robinson
I can barely remember my 1994 tentmate, but the group of folks I lived with during the summer of 1995 clicked pretty darn well. In this photo, each of us is holding/wearing items meant to signify our unique personality quirks (you figure it out). Scott-the-Elder (Robinson) changed my life that summer by introducing me to Brave Combo! |
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NPS folks and their friends definitely know how to party down (taken during our 1995 Philfiesta at Rocky Mountain Scout Camp). |  |
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Jim (my boss) and Connie Beil. | |
| Justin Willis, striking a Serious Artiste pose. Justin was one of my photographers in '95; he took the Photo Manager job the following summer. |  |
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The happy NPS family (Justin, Rob, me, Becca, and Eason) at the Rich Cabins Philfiesta. | |
Audra, a Villa Philmonte tour guide. (And no, I don't care what subliminal message you think I'm trying to get across with the position of the backlighting . . .) |
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Kevin Hogan <khogan@Adobe.COM>
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