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Mari and Steve

Mari and Steve at the infamous wine-tasing event on 424 Conkey Street. Ah – youth!

A pair of beauties – Bong Base, 1984.

A rare cityscape from Jimmy’s trip.

Fun with coworker Jonathan Wang.

A rare look inside Jimmy’s home.

A look at the (very heavy) Yashica 6×6 and tripod he carried on this trek.

A bridge somewhere along the trek.

There are just a few people pictures in Jimmy D’s collection.

This appears to be the group he traveled with and some sort of ritual, perhaps.

Jim took many postcard shots like this.

Jimmy rides a water buffalo!

Jimmy rides a water buffalo! (Apologies for the poor quality, but this is the most I can get out of the slides with my mediocre scanner.)

Is that steam, smoke, or both?

Another favorite of mine. Again with prayer flags.

First (spectacular) look at Kanchenjunga.

This view appears to be from the south – I’m guessing somewhere north of Darjeeling. (I told you that these will come in no particular order. Unfortunately, the slides themselves are in no order either, so I’m just posting them as I scan ’em.)

Rocky river at the bottom of the valley.

Now we’re getting into the 35mm slides. Scan quality will not quite compare to the previous images, but the portability of the small auto-focus 35mm camera enabled Jim to capture many very nice shots. Much more to come!

A bonus shot from Jimmy D!

One of the rolls of 120 film was shot in Wisconsin. Can anyone guess where this is?

Jim also took interest in the color and details around him.

Jimmy liked to shoot the light.

Jimmy liked to shoot the light. It’s difficult to do, but with modern tools, it’s possible to get an image that resembles what the eye sees.

John’s Main Event (Where else?)

March 18, 2003.

I’m not sure if the stone has any significance beyond being part of a nice composition.

Inside looking out.

This is almost certainly Kathok Lake, or “Holy Lake”, also in Yuksom, India.

This shot contains an excellent clue as to Jim’s location.

The sign says, “Forest Rest House, Yuksam No.1”. This puts him in this area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuksom. I’m pretty sure that he must have done one of these treks, shown on the same Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuksom#/media/File:Map_Goecha_La_Trek.JPG

I wish I knew where Jimmy shot this.

It’s a breathtaking view. I also wish more of his images were medium format transparencies like this one. The 35mm slides I’m scanning really pale by comparison…

Another nice shot with flags.

Jimmy D took a lot of photos of prayer flags.

I like this one a lot.

Did you know that Jimmy D visited India?

Steve Davidson sent me a couple hundred images shot by his brother Jimmy on a trip he made to India, in 1996 as far as I can tell. There are several boxes of 35mm Kodachromes, shot with a Fuji camera I loaned him for the trip as well as a few dozen 6×6 cm images…

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