Comments on: Penzel and Stone Are Appreciated

By: Ken Steinhoff

Ken Steinhoff — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:40:59 +0000

Wow, I wish I could help you. I shot photos in Central Junior High School (our old senior high school) last fall. I did a quick look through the pictures and didn’t see it where I remembered it hanging 45 years ago.

When the high school moved to a new building, a lot of things were discarded. I hope his painting wasn’t one of them.

Give the school a call to see if it still exists and if they’d be willing to part with it. If they say it was thrown away, give a gasp and tell them it was worth a gazillion bucks.

If they have it, make them an offer. Schools are strapped for cash these days. They might just take you up on it.

By: Mary Ann Taylor

Mary Ann Taylor — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:43:24 +0000

I found your site by doing a search for Nathan Wasserberger. My husband has several of his paintings and is a great admirer of his art. If, by any chance the Clown painting is ever available for sale, I would love to purchase it for my husband. He will be 76 on his next birthday, and I can’t think of a gift that he would appreciate more. We also have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Wasserberger last spring in New York–a memory we will alwyas treasure. Thanks!

By: Ken Steinhoff

Ken Steinhoff — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:30:26 +0000

Bob,

For all of the fun we made of him, he sure gave us a lot of freedom to make some nice photos. I’m sure he took a lot of flack from folks that we never heard about.

By: Bob Rogers

Bob Rogers — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:26:20 +0000

Ken,
The way he handled that was classic Kenner Bush. Only once was he really pissed off at me, and he was right that time.

By: Ken Steinhoff

Ken Steinhoff — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:22:10 +0000

Carolyn,

Yep, “grip ‘n’ grin sums it up perfectly.

In Ohio we had a daily feature called Speaking of Women. It was a picture and a short story about a woman of note in the community. The only problem was that our circulation area was relatively sparsely populated. When you burn up five women a week, you start running out of decent subjects after a few years.

The other photographer and I had an informal contest to see who could knock off a SOW portrait the quickest and still get a nice shot. I got to nailing them on the front porch before I even got into the house.

We never really declared a winner. We decided to stop before one of us would cruise by the house at about 15 mph holding a camera out the window and honking the horn.

By: Carolyn Ford Bock

Carolyn Ford Bock — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:33:48 +0000

Ken, It was a hoot to see the “grip and grin.” That’s new terminology for me and really says it all.

By: Bill East

Bill East — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:26:53 +0000

Somewhere I may still have the photo that illustrates everything you can do wrong in a “Grip n Grin”.

In ’66 they tried getting away from the standard presentation photo by posing the recipients on the Courthouse steps. Unfortunately, the focus was off and the cropping was way too loose.

By: Terry Hopkins

Terry Hopkins — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:12:12 +0000

Cool Dude…I even remember the clown picture and thought like you “What the Heck?” Once again I am impressed with your work…Little did we know at the time…

By: Jerrette Davis Hobson

Jerrette Davis Hobson — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:05:58 +0000

Thanks for saving all the wonderful memories. I,m sure you must have learned to put up with
all kinds of people. I enjoy your comments about the pictures ,people, and the times.

By: Ken Steinhoff

Ken Steinhoff — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:26:09 +0000

Thank you, Judge Hopkins.

When I get up to the Ohio level of my photographic archeological dig, I’ll have to post the sequence that caused offense.

The old rule was, “Don’t get into a pissing match with someone who buys ink by the barrel.” A corollary would be, “Don’t mess with a photographer with a loaded camera who isn’t afraid to use it.”