jonsommer wrote:
About 5 years ago I had the delightful opportunity to spend 4 days with Bobby Deal along with 3 other Uglies at his Las Vegas studio and bountifully received of his generosity, knowledge and kindness which he gave to us all liberally and generously. He is a talented and dedicated professional with an unusual ability to teach the art of photography. My understanding is that Bobby moved to the general Denver area and has been dealing with some fairly serious health issues, I’m unsure specifically of what the issues are or were. Bobby taught with every one of his posts, he loved teaching and it showed and I miss seeing his work and benefitting from his knowledge and experience. Personally, although his photographic skill level could easily be compared to the best in the business, he was a humble, genuine and sincere individual, and like us all, he had his fair share of demons, I suspect, along with an interesting and checkered past.
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Thanks, Jon.
I remember the time when you and a few others went to Bobby's studio and posted some of your work after your return. I appreciate your update on Bobby. Though I never knew him personally, I did correspond with him from time to time and when the subject of "snap shot" or "not a snap shot" kept coming up on this board, I immediately thought of him and his outstanding posts. He was around when the Nude Photography and Boudoir Forum first took root, and as you might remember, his work was also criticized - not for being snapshots, but for being pornographic. My, how times have changed.