On Creativity – An Interactive Discussion with Joe DiMaggio, JoAnne Kalish & Dennis Wheeler

For those of you that may have missed it. Here are some photos from our talk on Creativity at Hudson Hall in Hudson, New York. It was a lot of work putting it together but much fun. Hopefully there will be another chance to catch it again soon. Thanks to our friends for traveling that long way to come see us and thank you Mary for photos of us during our presentations and thank you Jon.

http://www.dimaggio-kalish.com. http://www.denniswheelerart.com

© Jon Mecca

Melchior DiGiacomo A Prince

Cafalu Sicily © Melchior DiGiacomo

Circa 1972.    There was a small group of photographers in New York City that came together and were not only competitors but friends.  Both JoAnne and I met Melchior at a New York Ranger Hockey Game.  Suffice to say, Melchior was a world- class hockey photographer.  JoAnne and I were just starting out our photographic careers as a team together.  Melchior was an extremely generous person.  If a younger photographer had questions Melchior would go out of his way to share experience, in this particular case with ice hockey.  His eye-hand coordination in the days of single punch photography was again world class.   When we moved into motor driven cameras his work only got better.   In our business he was known as an under shooter   Three periods of hockey, each period 20 minutes and by that, what  I mean is every frame counted.  He did not waste film.  His career spanned over a half century.   He was a gem during the Golden Age of Photography.  

Both JoAnne and I were honored to call Melchior a friend.  He went onto being one of the greatest tennis, rugby and overall sports photographers.  Once he put his mind to doing something he did it amazingly well.   The photographic community has lost a great photographer and a generous contributor. 

below photo © John Ferrentino

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