"When I was in high school – 1960s – I became interested in photography and that was when I remember seeing your father’s work for the first time…. Like everyone of that era, I was impressed by Edward Weston, Ansel Adams…and other big names of the times, but your father’s photographs ended up being much more than that to me. His pictures haunt me, inspire me, and give me the courage to write. His bio suggests a lifelong searcher to me, a man on a quest to understand life and put his heart into every picture he created. I know that can’t be an easy path as it is also one I’ve chosen. The destroyed typewriter is probably my favorite image, if I am forced to name one…. Without your dad’s work…I wouldn’t be the writer I am today."
~ Jo-Ann Mapson
from a letter written to Wynn’s daughter Barbara
October 19, 2011
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Wynn's daughter, Barbara, has so kindly reflected on some of her father's images and it's inspiring to hear just how many people Wynn's images touched. Today's quote comes from a letter Barbara received from a writher Jo-Ann Mapson, her reflection on this letter was the following..
It has been more than twenty years since Jo-Ann Mapson wrote her letter to me. A friend had gifted me a copy of Jo-Ann’s book Solomon’s Oak which contained a quote of Dad’s as well as another reference to him in her narrative. Intrigued, I wrote to her, asking what her connection with Dad was. Her response is a testament to what Peter Fetterman’s daily blog is all about – the transformative power of photography.
~ Barbara Bullock-Wilson
Barbara is right. The power of photography is real and all around us. I'm inspired to keep finding and sharing its wonderful gift.
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