This time of the year is the time to put one’s life in
order.
In my oficina I sift through negatives and put them in order
and throw photographs that simply occupy space and no more.
This find is an exciting one. When I had the good fortune to
photograph Joan Jett, when she played at the Commodore, in the late 80s I brought
my eldest daughter Ale along. She was a fan. Les Wiseman and I had street
credibility because of his In One Ear column (with my photos) for Vancouver
Magazine. This meant we got backstage access for interview and photo.
I remember just two things. In the sound at the Commodore
Ballroom I was chatting with Jett’s manager who had a dinosaur T-shirt. He told
me had hundreds of them. During the performance that evening there was a small
merchandise booth where I bought for Ale a Joan Jett and Legendary Hearts
bandanna that was black with red hearts (or perhaps the opposite!).
I have one question to myself here. The fact that the
photograph is dedicated and signed by Joan Jett suggests I rushed home after
the sound check and quickly developed the film and printed. The developing was
a tad elaborate as the film was a peculiar film called Kodak SO-II5 that was
soon to be re-named Technical Pan film. It was very sharp and it had extremely
fine grain (the least grain of any film ever made, in fact!).