That Glamarous Kim
Tuesday, June 02, 2015
These days I am going through my very large photo files attempting to reduce 13 four-drawer cabinets to perhaps 10. I will be getting rid of many business shots but will be keeping Robert Friedland as you never know when he will be in the news again.
Years ago I had photographs of a young boy around 14 and
every time I picked them up I wondered if I should keep them or file them. I
filed them and the result was very good money in the bank as the young boy was
from the CBC drama series called Leo & Me. The young boy was Michael J.Fox.
Today I went through some other files which included this
one of Kim. I first met her at Wreck Beach and then I watched her perform in
what were then euphemistically called show lounges. I last saw her when she was
an assistant at Fanny Kiefer’s (then) radio show. I was a guest. She looked at
me and with her expression instructed me to keep my mouth shut on her past
life.
Kim was best friends of a beautiful and glamorous woman
called Tarren. Kim competed in the only way she thought she could (I now
realize how wrong she was). Her acts were off the wall and humorous. Wonky
would be a good description.
One day she came to my Burnaby Studio and I photographer her
with Kodak B+w Infrared film. The film showed something of Kim that I should
have seen before. She, too was glamorous. Kim brought her younger sister and I
photographed them both wit that magical film.
These photographs make me smile as I remember Kim’s almost
deadpan voice and her jokes.
Pamela Martin's Clam
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