Finding Joel Pahl Dardis

Tag: Sports

  • Sports, Box 34, 1948

    Sports, Box 34, 1948

    We’ll look at the other images of negative box 34. There are no notes related to content. First set of images is from a COP diving contest. The score board reads COP vs SM It’s clear why the first image got selected for publishing. It’s a clear shot with perfect timing, and a minimum of…

  • Track, etc., Box 15, 1946

    Track, etc., Box 15, 1946

    Few images from a track event in 1946. From a photographer’s perspective, Joel is learning how to freeze images in motion. This would be perfectly in line with a class objective, and it is a necessary skill for a photographer to grasp all the concepts required to freeze motion. What is not clear to me…

  • COP Events, Football, 1942

    To close this series of press negatives off, below are all the images from events labeled 1942. The majority are from a football match. There’s absolutely no other information available. Shooting sports with a press camera is no mean feat. There is no time to focus, all shooting is done in predetermined focus zones and…