![]() by Skip Cohen There's a practical side to Throwback Thursday and a pure fun side. The practical side is how old photographs remind us of the value of imaging. Whether you're looking at pictures from the past or grabbing a few seconds of old videos, it's the power of capturing memories that continues to drive everyone's love for photography. But then there's the fun side - for me, it's the hunt. While searching for older photos, each one I discover, time shifts me to another place in the past. After over a decade of sharing Throwback Thursday images, I found this one from 1990. If there was a golden time in this industry, it was back in the 90s. This is a throwback of a throwback, having first posted it in 2014. It's a kick to think back to the days when PhotoEast was a powerhouse—the show nobody missed! There's a fun sidebar to the story. Sadly, Marc Hauser passed away at 66 in December 2018, but notice the tie he has on. For a few years, he had his name on his own ties, which were then sold at Bloomingdales, where I bought the one on the right. Each tie was signed, and you either loved his designs or hated them—but it didn't make a difference—each one was unique! The year is 1990, and I was on the Advisory Board of Photographers + Friends United Against AIDS (P+FUAA). They had put together a remarkable project to raise money through an exhibit and art auction called "The Indominable Spirit". If I remember right, the sale of the prints in the exhibit raised close to 1.5 million dollars for AIDS research. Along the way, Hasselblad got involved in a few different fund-raisers. We sold Ansel Adams' 1977 Cadillac, and part of the proceeds went to the group. Then, we did a couple of workshops as part of PhotoWest and PhotoEast (later becoming PPE). The image above was from a very special shoot Marc Hauser did for us. Marc waved his fee, and Leeza Gibbons, then the anchor on ET, contributed her's back to the fund-raiser. This image was done at PhotoWest. Marc then came back for PhotoEast later that year, and did a second shoot with Carey Lowell of James Bond fame, one of Timothy Dalton's co-stars in "License to Kill." Again, Mark nailed it, and we raised a little more for AIDS research. But the true fun of Throwback Thursday is trying to figure out who's in the picture! I know that's Jim Morton on the far left in the back, Leeza Gibbons in the middle with Marc and Mark Rezzonico, now President of Profoto on Marc's right. William Hunt, then Chairman of the Board, is next to me in the back row behind Marc, and on the far right is Paul Mackler, then show director for the company that used to do the PhotoEast and PhotoWest shows. This shot is from 24 (today 34) years ago, and it's true - time really does fly when you're having a good time! P.S. As I wrote ten years ago, I don't remember the names of other people in the photograph. If you do, let me know and I'll add them to the list.
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