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Self Portrait With Nancy, 1974
…..It was a beautiful spring day in Lancaster County. I had just finished up classes for the day and called my girlfriend Nancy to see if she would take a drive with me to visit one of my professors at his house, to pick up a painting he gave to me for being such a good student. Gordon Wise headed the Art department at Millersville University, a small state teachers college tucked away, just outside the city limits of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His home was located in Mt Gretna, a beautiful area with rolling hills, lots of trees and plenty of farmland.
It took us about forty five minutes to drive from MSU campus to his place. Even if it had taken longer I wouldn’t have cared because I was driving my first car, a 1967 Camaro that I simply adored. When Nancy and I ascended the long hilly driveway, the first thing we noticed was the contemporary architecture of the home. There were enormous plate glass windows installed floor to ceiling along the first floor of the home so that Mr. Wise could enjoy the magnificent natural landscape that seduced him in to building his home in that area of Lancaster County. I stopped the car immediately and thought; wouldn’t this make an interesting picture? The glass became a mirror of our image.
We proceeded to get out of the vehicle to walk towards the front entrance. Nancy followed and then paused next to a tree to fix her dress. We were being playful in the car and she wanted to look perfectly respectable when I introduced her to the noted professor. I raised my camera to take a picture of our refection when she spontaneously hugged the tree pretending it was me………TW
Yoko
December 10th, 2009 at 00:35
what a lovely memory to have, tony…love seeing this side of you…one of the many faces of tony ward…love it!!
Andrew Pelt
February 9th, 2010 at 01:43
Nice job!
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