Since I'm on a nostalgia roll here, let me tell you about the most interesting six weeks of my life. First, some background:
In the early 1980's, I was a photographer for a children's sign language performing ensemble called "A Show Of Hands". The group toured Switzerland in 1985 and made intense friends there with members of a Swiss children's theatre group called A.F.A.T.
Three years later, I went on a similar photographic excursion to the Soviet Union, where I documented a cultural exchange between Latvian and American high school students.
I've compiled a short 22-page picture book talking about six weeks in 1989 which brought these and many other significant experiences together. They are:
- Trip to Switzerland to visit some of the kids from A.F.A.T.
- Trip to Germany to work at the European Space Agency
- The Peace Child Reunion in Detroit
- Voyager Neptune Encounter at JPL (that was a big deal back in the day)
- Moving into my first condo
- And more...
You can download the booklet here:
https://friedmanarchives.com/~download/temp/Six_Weeks.pdf
Be sure to look at the last two pages, showing a timeline of just how busy I used to be outside of work, and why my mom always complained that I was burning the candle at both ends in my 30's.
Enjoy!