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Mar 2016 back issue
by George S Zimbel
I often think in pairs. I see pairs. Sometimes I see them in my mindʼs eye,
remembering an image I may have made long ago and matching it with one I
made yesterday. Sometimes the pairing is obvious, sometimes not obvious to
anyone but me. I canʼt explain it.
“Momento” is a word I made up; it is neither “memento” nor “moment” (as in the
decisive one). Sometimes it happens instantly, and sometimes you have to wait
for it. It comes in its own sweet time.
All of the “momentos” in this book have come from a long time photographing.
This is, in a sense, my lifeʼs work. I am presenting it to you with delight and hope
you are delighted in turn.
George S. Zimbel, Montreal 2015
Marilyn Monroe & Billy Wilder. NYC 1954.
Queen Mother & admirers 1964.
Bake a Cake, NYC 1968.
Bird on a wire, Westchester County N.Y. 1950s.
The dancing policeman, Prince Edward Island Canada
1976.
Chelo from the back, Bourbon Street New Orleans 1955.
Young man & woman, Paris 1952.
Jodi on the couch. New York, 1964.
Libby at a wedding, Milwaukee 1958.
At the opera. Karlsruhe, Germany 1953.
Adlai Stevenson - the Egghead 1956.
Eggs, Bona Fide Farm, Canada 1976.
Smoker, London 1952.
An American man. Peekskill NY, 1970.
Marilyn Monroe 1954 Leg Up.
Hopscotch, Sunday morning. NYC 1950.
The Queen regards art, 1972.
Trudeau regards Trudeau, 1992.
Girl twirling. Talledega Ala. 1956.
Margie Gillis, Montreal 1980s.
Libby at a wedding, Milwaukee 1958.
