[talking pictures: robert schultze].
we haven’t had a [talking pictures] for a few weeks now (where has the time gone?), but this one has a very sentimental and sweet story behind it. from san francisco-based photographer, rob schultze, is an endearing and memorable family moment. for more of rob’s beautiful work, visit his website robert schultze photography, or his blog {some photographer}, as well as this mini documentary from him on youtube.
here’s robert schultze’s [talking pictures]: “Although I consider myself primarily a commercial photographer, I have a love for editorial and journalistic photography as well. I don’t think I could ever be a photo-journalist full time, it’s more of a hobby. Every once in awhile I HAVE to shoot something or someone in the journalistic style.”
“Last October my Grandmother died, and I had to drop everything I was doing and fly back to Wisconsin to be with family. She was my dad’s mother, and was the last of my grandparents. My father is very interested in the family history, and is the sole collector of all of the documents and photos back to his grandparents. After the funeral, he sat in his study, just going through old photos. He was very quiet and dignified despite the tragic events, and I knew that I had to take his picture now, at that very moment. I had never photographed him before, and while he was resistant in the past he just sat by and allowed me to capture this moment. A moment of appreciation and contentedness mixed with sadness and loss.”
“I followed him around a bit as he went through the memories in his head. He sat in the dining room of his country home just remembering. My shutter seemed so loud, and he barely spoke a word.”
“My Grandmother was 100 years old and had traveled the world, and had been a lively person right to the end. I think that he like me, was just grateful that he had the chance to get to know such a wonderful and strong person.”
I visited his portfolio page and I fell in love with “Faces of Fashion”.
this is simply a beautiful post
This is so beautiful and bittersweet. Thank you.
Beautiful portraits.
Such strong emotion here. I was tearing up by the last frame and the simple, honest words to match. I can hear the shutter, And the silence.
Thank you for sharing.
This stirred up things in me. I don’t think we remember how valuable photos are until much later. I never took any during college and I regret it so very much. I wish I had more photos of my grandmother before she was sick. I wish I had some of my grandfathers, both of whom I never met. These are really something special.
am reading this on the third anniversary of my father’s demise.
still haven’t watched the few minutes I taped of him during his last year around us.
very powerful story. time is precious.
thank you.
Thank you for sharing these — they’re so poignant, aren’t they? Sounds a little trite I know but seeing one’s father’s emotions that close up (especially all the pain in the last photo), to me that seems like such a rare moment and it’s been captured so sensitively here by the photographer.
what a heartwarming and intimate post. thank you for sharing – she sounded like a brilliant lady.
wow…amazing
So beautiful and moving. His pensive quietness speaks volumes and I can feel his son’s empathy and his own sensitivity through the lens.
Beautiful, both in image and narration.
what a wonderful story…. the images are so nice. great post! thank you!
This is so beautiful. I’m glad his father allowed him to photograph him this time, he’s embracing life and death in such a beautiful way. And the photographer was able to capture it. Amazing, really.
So sweet, I’m choked up. Thanks!
wonderful. just, simply, wonderful.
A very touching piece.