My exposure to the Photo Expo was perhaps in1982/3, my only one and it was a most unique experience, a “high” for me. It was my introduction to the photographic world. I was a neophyte, and I was helping a friend who was marketing light banks (the chimera/Plume Wafer light banks from Colorado.) I was able to step out into the Big Apple on one particular day. I had heard that Ruth Orkin was at the Rizzoli Gallery signing her new book. This hayseed cowboy approached her and asked her to review my “portfolio” which she graciously did. After a brief viewing, she said to me specifically, after making positive negative comments, {Continue the work, Continue the work.}
That has been my mantra ever since. A most impactful event for me.
Raymond A. Bleesz
Edwards, Colo
Documentary Photographer