{"id":8394,"date":"2014-09-25T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8394"},"modified":"2014-09-21T06:31:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T10:31:11","slug":"special-post-happy-birthday-richard-solomon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/special-post-happy-birthday-richard-solomon\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Post: Happy Birthday Richard Solomon!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featuring\u00a0Rare Photos!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is my father\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n

Richard has been photographing railways for decades and brought me on many of my earliest railway excursions, including a trip on the Flushing Line in Queens way back in the day.<\/p>\n

Richard has worked with Leicas, a Rolleiflex, and a Linhof 4×5 view camera.\u00a0Today has also a few digital cameras to play with including a Lumix LX7.<\/p>\n

Many years ago he gave me my first camera, and after I wrecked that one, he gave me another, and finally a Leica model 3A.\u00a0I continue to wear them out.<\/p>\n

Regular viewers of Tracking the Light will recognize the subjects and locations. Together, Richard and I have years of continuous photographic record of railways in the United States and around the world. His photographs have appeared in many of my books.<\/p>\n

\"Richard<\/a>
Richard in eastern Pennsylvania in October 1964. He’s sporting two Leica Ms, including one with 135mm telephoto, and a Rollieflex Model T (Which I wore out, but eventually replaced).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Last<\/a>
Last October my father an I photographed New England Central’s southbound freight (Job 610) passing Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Photo by Brian Solomon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Richard<\/a>
Richard goes for a spin at the Railroad Museum of New England. Photo by Brian Solomon with Canon EOS 7D.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A brand new Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Silverliner rolls through North Philadelphia in 1963. Richard was panning with his Rolleiflex Model T. He exposed this on Kodacolor negative film, which I scanned using an Epson V600.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Richard<\/a>
Richard has made good use of his Rolleflex cameras. He bought the first on a trip to Germany in 1960, and used it to expose this classic image of the North Shore Electroliner on the streets of Milwaukee in June 1961. Richard’s North Shore photos have been published by David P. Morgan in TRAINS Magazine and by William D. Middleton in his books.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"On<\/a>
On August 20, 1960, Richard exposed a Kodachrome slide of this American-style PCC car on the streets of Charleroi, Belgium using a Kodak Retina 3C. See comparison photos below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I returned to the same street in Charleroi last month and made similar views of trams. I actually went to almost the same spot as the above photo, but exposed a couple of colour slides, which remain latent. Perhaps at some point I’ll do a ‘now and then’ comparison. (Film and film).<\/p>\n

\"LX7<\/a>
LX7 view in Charleroi, Aug 2014. Photo by Brian Solomon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Canon<\/a>
Canon 7D view in Charleroi, Aug 2014. Photo by Brian Solomon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Richard<\/a>
Richard on a recent visit to New Haven, Connecticut. Lumix LX3 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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