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Dr. Lewis R. Binford (November 21, 1931 – April 11, 2011) |
Photo by his daughter, Martha Binford, at the University of New Mexico, early 1980s.
"I took this behind the Anthropology Department/Maxwell Building in front of the decorative iron grill. That was around the time I was doing a lot of photography and Dad used this photo on the back of the dust jacket for the "In Pursuit of the Past" book.
I was also taking tons of shots using the department Polaroid MP-3 industrial view camera for the "Bones" book. What fun that was, looking back. At the time I think I was a bit overwhelmed with the deadline and wished I had time to reshoot many of the shots that were incorrectly exposed. Wouldn't a digital camera been fantastic back then!
It was also around that time that I took a bear skull of my Dad's up into the Jemez for a photo shoot but got way too many shots of the skull with a bottle of diminishing red wine."
Martha Binford, January 16, 2012
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LRB taken by my college roommate Jerry Morris in the fall semester 1967. Binford was lecturing in "Invention and Technology," a class I was taking at UCLA. I think it shows very well his demeanor during class--very intimidating.
When Jerry took the picture, he was sitting in the hallway across from the classroom, shooting with a long lens. He was the chief photographer of the campus newspaper (The Daily Bruin).
Mike Schiffer, January 1st, 2012
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Human Systems Research, Inc. - Friends & Family Gathering (Nov. 1972) Roehl Road, Albuquerque, New Mexico Photographer: Donald David Woodman (by permission) Front row (L-R): Richard Chapman; T Weber Greiser; Chuck Reher; Claudia K Fields Cleveland
Middle row (L-R): -- ? -- ; Gordon Hall; Greg Cleveland; Mark Wimberley; D. Peaker; Ernesto Shearin; Jerry Brody; Peter Schultz; Anna Eidenbach; Peter Eidenbach; Robert Hitchcock; Mollie Streuver; Jan Biella; Cathy Cameron; -- ? --; Elizabeth Marshall and child; Mike Marshall
Back row (L-R): James Judge; Frank Broillo; Lewis Binford; Dan Witter; John Beardsley; Kathy -- ? -- ; Mr. Patterson, Esq.; Richard Taylor
Board of Directors: Lewis R Binford; Jerry Brody; James Judge
Officers: Mark Wimberley, President; Peter Eidenbach Secretary/Treasurer
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Richard Taylor asked if I would scan and share this 1972 photo taken at the inauguration of Human Systems Research, Inc., a non-profit corporation started by Mark Wimberley and Pete Eidenbach, two of Lew's students. They found immediate support among their friends and family pictured here, especially Anna M Eidenbach, influential donor. Corporation by-laws were modeled after the School of American Research in Santa Fe for which several of us worked, including Richard Chapman, an important early influence. In no small way, Lew was responsible for this 501(c)(3)Organization (dedicated to education) through his teaching at the University of New Mexico and his service on the Board of Directors. HSR survives today.
To my knowledge none of those pictured are still actively involved with HSR.
Professional photographer Donald Woodman holds rights to this photo and has granted written permission to use it at the web site memorializing the life of Lewis Roberts Binford.
Comment: Few of those pictured went on to a life in academe, with the exception of Cathy Cameron, Charles "Chuck" Reher, and Robert Hitchcock perhaps. Note that Dan Witter and T Weber Greiser were field hands with Lew in his Nunamiut work.
Some of those that might have otherwise been in this picture were conscripts, serving in the military in Vietnam or elsewhere.
Pete Eidenbach HSR Sec/Treas told folks to "come the way you want to be remembered." Unfortunately a few years after, Mark Wimberley was damaged beyond repair in a helo crash in the Sacramento Mountains endeavoring to get low altitude aerials. He died soon after. The photo then serves as a memorial also to him, "Pasó Por Aquí".
Greg Cleveland, March 3, 2012 |
