Yosemite Movie Project Notes

[Drunk Monk]

He owns complete sets of all the early photographers in the park like Weed, Watkins, Muybridge and others. I believe he grew up in the park or at least visited there a lot.

Yesterday, somebody asked Mr. Grupp if there was a way people could visit his vast collection. Mr. Grupp said no, due to the fact that he is 87 and is currently undergoing chemotherapy for multiple myelomas.

When Stacy's relative Wesley died, his collection was lost. http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...5#pid46525
He had a gorgeous collection of art photos. He collected B&W prints, signed & numbered from noted photographers, mostly of exotic architecture. He was just getting into the Hutongs near Tiananmen and we had a few chats about that since I've gone past that area. He had one of those photo collections cabinets - perhaps there's a name for them - the ones with multiple flat drawers. It was packed. He also had several file cabinets full and rotated what he had up on the walls. We often wonder what became of all that - if the person who he gave power of attorney to had any idea of the value and if they did anything with it.

If you would like to read Chapter One of The Road to Yosemite, you can find it here: Road to Yosemite: Chapter 1

This is on my reading list, but I've been negligent about reading lately and I'm way behind. Been doing a lot of reading for YMAA - submissions that I've rejected (or advised to reject) and technical stuff to learn all the new programs I'm using now. I'll get to this eventually, hopefully before your doc is complete. My apologies for being remiss.