I will be catching the show.

Maybe we should make a way for those who want to be entrepreneurs to have ways to achieve it, control the costs of healthcare insurance (that part would need to be reformed), reform malpractice laws. Make the tools necessary for success to be possible accessible to all. Then let the young and aspiring work hard to achieve the goals as a full time photographer, designer, small business owner.

Who knows what upstart may become the next Henry Ford. Which could be a good thing, since they will learn the value of hard work and the people that helped to achieve their goals will benefit too. Maybe where our country is at, is a good thing.

This is such a great interview. I went to the SVA Photo program with Frank, tho he was a few years ahead of me. He was an inspiration to his classmates and he’s an awesome photographer and a super nice guy. So glad he’s getting the recognition he deserves; I just saw the recent Mad Men Behind the Scenes video the other day.

Moya McAllister

Rob.

I’ve been a huge fan of Frank’s work for almost two decades now. It was his journals that fascinated me most. In photo school I had taken a course called “The Creative Imagination”, or something like that. In it we discussed anything and everything. Karl Moritz was the instructor and the only assignment for the year was to keep a journal. It forever changed me.

Years later Carol LaFufy, who was at A&C at the time, was giving a talk here in Vancouver. She showed a lot of Frank’s work as she spoke about finding your interest, your passion and your love. She spoke about how you needed to make it personal in order to find your voice. She showed some of his journal work and I remember thinking how cool it was that this person was courageous enough to break the mold and be original, and show this amazing but utterly uncommercial work. Even more amazing to me was that he was getting assignment from it, great assignments.

That talk and Frank’s work are always something I remember when times are hard and I feel like I’m struggling. These people have impacted me in a way they could never conceive of. So I’d finally like to say to Carol and Frank, and you too Karl, Thank you.

And Rob, this interview is something special and I thank you for it.

What an awsome interview and an opportunity to view Frank’s images.
Thank you both

As stated above this is:
a) assuming your parents have health care
b) assuming your parents aren’t photographers, designers, writers ect
c) assuming your parents even have a job
d) assuming they any retirement or savings after getting you thru college
e) assuming your parents are fine with paying for you for another decade or so

Guess what I am a parent, a photographer and I did not have health insurance until I had a child, at the age of 36. This ‘great news’ is a simple way of our ineffective government to once again not really do anything but pass the burden.
This ‘health insurance’ debate is a joke being played upon us by people who have some of the best health insurance in the country, and if you were elected to that dubious fraternity at the age if 25 your parents wouldn’t have to pay your health insurance any more, we would.

Thanks. I never could deal with the lack of blacks in rag papers, as I shoot a lot of black and white film. In fact, I’ve resurrected the home darkroom and may make a book of only “real” prints.