tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32096128.post8910739346601644188..comments2024-03-27T20:43:21.113-06:00Comments on Steve Immel Photography: Men in Hats, Part Four - Polar OppositesSteve Immelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08388989441384482342noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32096128.post-84489178631753071692020-12-07T11:05:28.526-07:002020-12-07T11:05:28.526-07:00Daryl, Men in Hats, now four posts long, will be w...Daryl, Men in Hats, now four posts long, will be woven into my January-February article for Shadow and Light. There are still a couple of more posts in the series so I won't be able to use it all. But Part Four will make the cut I'm sure. I only wish I had a better portrait of Mr. Iso. He deserved better. I reached out to him after our meeting in 2014 and included a copy of my post about him. I did not hear back. He would now be 96. In 2018 a WWll historian friend in San Francisco looked him up and he was still with us. Steve Immelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388989441384482342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32096128.post-71104885878693033892020-12-07T10:54:34.093-07:002020-12-07T10:54:34.093-07:00Thanks amigo. My pledge is continue to dive into t...Thanks amigo. My pledge is continue to dive into the deep end as long as my body permits. From my perspective I've been pretty timid. 2020 has been a test; a torn rotator cuff, a broken hip, a melanoma and now acute sciatica. Not to mention our national nightmare. I hope to be a semblance of my former self so that I can meet more heroes like James Iso. <br /><br />Here's to seeing you somewhere in the bright new year.Steve Immelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388989441384482342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32096128.post-59581133929711846822020-12-07T10:46:42.427-07:002020-12-07T10:46:42.427-07:00Thanks, John Ellsworth, for taking the words right...Thanks, John Ellsworth, for taking the words right out of my mouth. All true, Esteban! And I thank you, Steve, for writing about the Japanese internment camps the day before Pearl Harbor Day. As is invariably the case, the fog of war blurs not only the present, but sometimes the future. It is a fine thing indeed that you and many highlight this horrible part of American history by documenting your trip as Part 4 of Men in Hats. I tend to forget that there was an internment camp in Santa Fe, in the Casa Solana neighborhood, and your piece reminded me of that. Another piece of stellar writing and a great capture of the extremely conservative First Sergeant John Bustsos. Including this in Shadow and Light may well bring the interment camps to the fore for many who are too young or have not studied the time. Nice job!Blacks Crossinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13483302254621005349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32096128.post-31090896829050952402020-12-07T04:19:59.772-07:002020-12-07T04:19:59.772-07:00What a great story! Thanks for that. My God, you l...What a great story! Thanks for that. My God, you lead such an interesting life with your willingness to jump right into things. You alwaYS did have that propensity and, when we were young, I benefited from it. Because of you I got to do things and see things that I still think about warmly today. You're a pretty neat fellow, fellow. Nice story!John Ellsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10673913444403940178noreply@blogger.com