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Dave Sussman was the owner of Marci Studio, a commercial photography studio in midtown Manhattan, New York City, when I met him in 1959.<\/h3>\n

I knew almost nothing about photography in general, and absolutely nothing about commercial photography. But he hired me anyway.<\/p>\n

The office job I had, my first in New York, was a dismal experience and I willingly took a pay cut to work for Dave. I became the darkroom man, assistant and gofer.<\/p>\n

As a commercial photographer Dave would photograph Still Life, (product shots),\u00a0 <\/span>Architecture, Fashion, Portraits, even a wedding. In short, whatever came in the door. He was an all around photographer. After WWII service he went to photography school on the west coast and there met Edward Weston.<\/p>\n

He was a patient and kind teacher for me. I got to be a pretty good printer for him and his work.<\/p>\n

He allowed and even encouraged photographic exploration. I would try different films and developers in a variety of combinations and could use the darkroom and studio after hours and on weekends.<\/p>\n

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It was a time of exploring the photographic world. Shooting available light in Jazz clubs with my Nikon rangefinder. Pushing the film to its limits to get a result in very dim light. Shooting 4\u00d75 outdoors and striving for fine grain and a lot of detail.<\/p>\n

Dave tolerated my friends stopping by and hanging out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As Dave remembers I started working for him in 1959 and stayed until 1968. I then traveled to Mexico and California taking pictures with my Exactas 35mm and Rollie 2 \u00bc square.<\/p>\n

He was a great teacher for me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He was a great commercial photographer who could do anything but make a good living. Sometimes I would have two or even three pay checks that I couldnt cash until there was money in his bank.<\/p>\n

Years later as he was cleaning up his house to move out he gave me a lot of photographic equipment. He told me he could never pay me what I was worth and wanted me to take what I could use.<\/p>\n

Some time later I got to look at his personal work and I saw that he had a big influence on my idea of what a good picture was.<\/p>\n

We started out he was my teacher. After a couple of decades, we became peers. And friends.<\/p>\n

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