72 North Union. Rochester New York – © John Neel

Minor White once lived above this storefront. At the time, the store was called Doland’s Hardware. I find it interesting that it is now a church.

“I’m always mentally photographing everything as practice. ” Minor White

“Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.” Minor White

“In 1953 he moved to Rochester, New York and for four years worked as a curator at George Eastman House, and also edited their magazine Image. He taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology from 1956 to 1964. On his death, White was hailed as one of America’s greatest photographers. He is remembered largely for his ideas about the spiritual in photography.” – Source Wikipedia

A few friends and I spent a night in Minor White’s House as the guest of the photographers Michael Becotte and Roger Mertin in the early ’70s during an SPE (Society for Photographic Education) conference which was held at the George Eastman House, Visual Studies Workshop and Rochester Institute of Technology. It was a very exciting time to be a photographer. Rochester was the center of the photographic universe. The Visual Studies Workshop was located at 4 Elton Street, which was just a few blocks away from this spot. All (plenty of them at least) of the who’s who were attending SPE at that time. The town was full of image-makers.

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