My best guess is that this image of best friends Bruce Hagen, Jim Davidson and Scott Wolbers was made in 1971 or 1972, when I would have been 15 or 16 years old. I borrowed a Yashica 124 twin-lens-reflex from my high school photography club, and shot this image at the top of the hill near Church Street in Burlington. (Looks like I made a perfect exposure despite the camera’s lack of a lightmeter. 🙂 I probably developed the film in the darkroom at my high school, but I do not remember ever printing this wonderful shot.
I’m positively thrilled to find these old negatives in such good shape. You can imagine that to me, a shot like this is absolutely priceless.
⟵ Bruce Hagen, Jim Davidson and Scott Wolbers on the hill above Church Street in Burlington, Wisconsin.
I think this picture has to be one of the best pictures you have ever taken. It’s a classic.
Dude, I heard you may have a pano of this hill?
I DID shoot a panorama of the town from this spot, but I have not found those negatives – yet. I made a print and gave it to Mrs. Hagen. My first pano!
Who’s the dude in the middle with all the hair?
Could it be Jimmy D. I think he wishes he had it
back.Like to see more photos from that era.
Jimmy D’s Mom
I don’t think this would be the Bruce Hagen I went to school with in Wichita, KS. But Dude, you should sell this pic to a greeting card company! Or hold a contest for a caption. Er sumpthin.