Ken Flint streaked across the skies of my universe like a comet then disappeared. I met him in a photojournalism class in 1971 or 72 at Cal State Long Beach. We quickly became friends and appreciative of each others’ work, and probably imagined that we were the top students in that class. Soon after we knew that we were kindred souls, he told me that I needed to meet one of his friends, who turned out to be Bill Wertz. Bill became a lifelong friend and major influence and inspiration (and one of the subjects of my two-volume work, Dead and Near-Dead Photographers I Have Known). While my acquaintance with Ken only lasted two or three years, until he relinquished serious pursuit of photography, I learned of later tragedies of his life, including the death of his wonderful wife Claudia and then his own abject decline in health. Here are some of my photos of Ken and Claudia, including images during many of our travels together with me and my then-partner, Sandra. We have images of Ken both as a photographer and as a highly-in-demand male model.
Click on Thumbnails Below to see Full Images (under development)
-
- Box Canyon 1972
-
- The Ken & Elaine Movie / Model Shoot
-
- Claudia and Sandra
-
- Ken (1972)
-
- Bill W., Ken and Claudia 8/1/72
-
- Ken (1972)
-
- The Infamous Model Shoot with Elaine
-
- Lunch in Ken & Claudia’s Van (1972)
-
- Somewhere in Northern California (1972)
-
- Hollywood Boulevard (1972)
-
- Bill, Dennis, Diane, Claudia, Ken (10/1972)
-
- Dennis T. and Ken (10/1972)
-
- Dennis T. and Ken
-
- Ken, Claudia and Friends visit me in the White Mountains of Arizona (1973)
-
- Ken and Claudia sneak out of their Ford van to visit my VW camper (7/1972)
-
- Christmas 1973
-
- Christmas 1972
