Lynne in a Malibu Parking Lot (1974)

Posted on May 21, 2026 by lawrence hathaway

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Self-Portrait at Night in My Mateo Street Loft (1988)

Posted on May 20, 2026 by lawrence hathaway

After Richard and I worked on computers and programming all day and Lita tendered her yellow refrigerator for my kitchen … I relax in the dark doing self-timer photography.

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The New Calf (Iowa, 1971)

Posted on April 30, 2026 by lawrence hathaway

My father finds the new calf and its mother after they went missing on our farm — common behavior for a cow to find a distant, hidden location to give birth.  Photographed on one of my infrequent visits from Los Angeles to my Iowa farm origins.

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My Parents, Somewhere, Sometime in the Late 20th Century

Posted on April 14, 2026 by lawrence hathaway

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Three Friends Who Make Photographs

Posted on April 2, 2026 by lawrence hathaway

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In Print

Posted on April 1, 2026 by lawrence hathaway

 

DEAD AND NEAR-DEAD PHOTOGRAPHERS I HAVE KNOWN:  The author crafts a memoir in words and images of the photographers ranging from the stellar to the obscure who have inspired him over more than fifty years of practice of his art.  In two volumes, revealing a unique look at Ansel Adams, Bill Wertz, Edmund Teske, Jack Welpott, James Friedman, Jerry Uelsmann, Judy Dater, Lee Friedlander, Librado “Lee” Romero, Lynne Garber, Ralph Gibson, Sandra Darnley and Ted Orland.

Volume One: bookstore / Volume Two: bookstore

EMISSIONS: A selection of unruly and unpredictable photographs, presented in a hybrid “zine”/book format, from the 350,000-image archive of photographic art made over sixty years by Lawrence Hathaway, a student of masters such as Ansel Adams, Judy Dater, Lee Friedlander, Ralph Gibson and Jerry Uelsmann.

Emissions: bookstore

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Self, A Sketch Variation As Seen in 1969

Posted on March 18, 2026 by lawrence hathaway

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On What Would Have Been Bill’s 80th Birthday …

Posted on March 12, 2026 by lawrence hathaway

His sister Nancy sends me a snapshot of the two of them sometime in the 70s in front of his LandRover (that I helped him prepare for its paint job of aircraft yellow), also showing a chunk of jade Bill brought her from Central America:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Dennis T., a member of our old photo posse, sends his take of Bill emerging from the surf after a session at Bolsa Chica, circa late 1970s:

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Queen of the Hop, 1969

Posted on March 4, 2026 by lawrence hathaway

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An Archaeological Discovery of Sorts

Posted on February 25, 2026 by lawrence hathaway

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