Thursday, April 11, 2019

Cherry Blossoms, Berkeley 1969

Cherry Blossoms, Shingles - Berkeley  1969

So, I recently found the photo below depicting my work desk in my Berkeley room: some Joe Grant art of Scrooge McDuck as Uncle Sam and a photo of cherry blossoms against weathered shingles. I was able to locate one of the cherry blossom/shingles negatives with the result shown above.

I used a Nikon F SLR and Panatomic-X film for these photos.

Also stuck on the wall is a haiku by Basho:

Yoku mireba
Nazuna hana saku,
Kakine kana.

Translated as:

looking closely:
a shepherd's purse blossoming
beneath the hedge

I guess that I thought that the poem somehow related to the cherry blossoms and shingles.



Mike's Desk & Art - Berkeley  1969

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