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Coastal Trees, JFC, 1957
There’s this sleeve in the Jessica Fong Collection promising a COP football match in 1957, and all I found were positive 4×5″ B&W slides of trees taken in a coastal area, most likely between Santa Cruz and Carmel. Although there are 8 images in the sleeve, only 3 negatives were involved. Joel is experimenting with…
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Vallecito, Big Trees, Calaveras, JFC, 1964-1965
That’s the reference of the Jessica Fong Collection 4×5″ negative sleeve we’ll be looking at today. There was no further description, and in light of multiple subjects, I assume that Joel may not have remembered for sure when this was shot at the Calaveras Big Trees State Park as it is currently known. These are…
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UOP Football, JFC, 1961
This sleeve with 4×5″ negatives from the Jessica Fong Collection of Dardis Negatives mentions Sept 27 – Nov 15, 1961, UOP Football. None of the limit dates correspond with a football match at UOP as far as my research shows. In between these two dates there are 9 matches in total. There are 9 negatives…
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Yosemite in Infrared, JFC, 1963-1964
Another 4×5″ negatives sleeve in the Jessica Fong Collection of Dardis negatives contains Yosemite landscapes photographed on infrared film. This is something Joel did quite regularly between 1962-1965. It does give a dramatic twist when done with a good amount of red filtering. In the order as found, here they are: The green foliage turns…
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Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls, JFC, 1962
The last 4×5″ negatives of the June 9, 1962 sleeve contain images of the Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls. Joel used red and yellow filters to tone the bright blue skies down. It is a common tool in the arsenal of the B&W film photographer, but in this case, Joel overdid it and the sky…
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Half Dome, Yosemite, JFC, 1962
The exact date of these images is June 9, 1962. Joel just turned 41 and he treats himself on a trip to Yosemite, his second one. These negatives were found across two sleeves with a “Yosemite, June 9, 1962” note on them. Joel focuses on Half Dome during this trip, and one more location I’ll…
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Third Courthouse, JFC, 1962
I found few Stockton Courthouse negatives In a 4×5″ negative sleeve from the Jessica Fong Collection of Dardis negatives, marked with “Yosemite 1962” The Third Courthouse construction started in 1962 and was completed in 1964. There’s a lot said and written about the demolition of the second courthouse in 1961, and the need for this…
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Stockton Prints, Sleeve 4, 1972
We’re taking a big jump in time. Keeping some sort of chronology, with Joel organizing his negatives in various sleeves, stored across multiple boxes, becomes difficult. This particular sleeve stood out as the writing reads “Stockton, prints made, 16×20”. This is a pretty large print format and with matte for framing, leads easily to a…
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French Riviera, Beach Party, June 1945
All the negatives in this blogpost are courtesy Liz Schuler. We know Joel photographed during his service in World War II. We’ve seen images of his training, his trip across the country to different camps, and one image of a camp mate scrubbing a latrine. The images in this envelope had both negatives and printed…
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COP – UCLA, JFC, 1957
Another football match recorded by Joel Dardis, with 4×5″ negatives from the Jessica Fong Collection. Joel photographed most of them with the telephoto lenses he’s been playing with from the bleachers. The date is November 16, 1957. Based on the amount of slant in the images, I assume Joel photographed from two different locations, possibly…
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