ABOVE: Charlie Castner, who worked in the the public relations department of the Louisville & Nashville for many years, joined Axel Zwin- genberger for a little duet on the piano during Friday’s reception. RIGHT: Justin Franz talked about “Shooting For the Story: Approaching Railroad Photography With a Journalistic Eye” as part of Sunday morning’s program.
challenges in composition that varied from artist to artist. We then took a tour of Norfolk Southern’s Pocahontas Division with David Kahler. In “The Railroad: The Art of Place,” he explained how several women in his life influenced his interest in trains, which cul- minated in his years-long project in the mid- 1990s to document the railroad serving the heart of West Virginia’s coal country. Kahler explained, “trash is good” and “bleak is beau- tiful,” as two themes for his black & white photos. Not wanting to focus solely on the trains, Kahler was more interested in captur- ing “a sense of place.” Axel Zwingenberger took the stage once
again to present his “Night Photography of German Steam Railroads.” After a brief intro- duction about his background and interests, he presented his photos accompanied by more of his spirited piano playing. One of the more un- usual and memorable photos was taken from inside a firebox, showing the fireman tossing in lit kindling to start the fire. The pairing of striking night photography with upbeat boo- gie-woogie music was a winning combination. We continued our foreign visit with Ned Bartholomew presenting “Collections from England’s National Railway Museum,” a wide variety of images both historic and contem- porary. Everyone enjoyed learning about an early group calling themselves the Railway Photographic Society and the straightforward “Criticism Sheet” used by members to critique each other’s work. To bring Saturday’s event to a close we
were treated to an engaging presentation by four deans of western railroad photography. Ted Benson, Dick Dorn, Dale Sanders, and Dave Stanley each presented their own per- sonal view on the collaboration that resulted in 72-82: Western Pacific’s Final Decade. This groundbreaking album of stunning black & white photography documents the final years
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Rowan House (which featured an exhibit of David Kahler’s photography), some hearty souls retreated once again to the local water- ing hole. The conversations that take place here are not listed in the official program (but should be, and are just as valuable). We resumed at Lake Forest on Sunday morning with a wonderful look at the pho- tographic career of the legendary J. Parker Lamb. You may recognize his byline from titles such as Steel Wheels Rolling, Classic Diesels of the South: A Railfan’s Odyssey, Railroads of Meridian, and Katy Diesels to the Gulf. “Postwar Transformation 1950-1970” contained wonderful examples of his photo- graphic work in color and black & white that are both artistic and journalistic. Lamb’s presentation was a great introduction for Justin Franz’s “Shooting for the Story: Approaching Railroad Photography with a Journalistic Eye.” As a graduate of print journalism working for a weekly newspaper, Franz explained the importance of setting the scene and telling the story with
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