Happy Birthday Grandad! (Circa 1960)

Tomorrow is my Grandfather's Birthday. Off all the slides I scanned, there are not many that include him, but this is one of my favourites. This would have been shot with a self timer and it has a certain quirkiness about it.

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This is the 13th image I'd like to share in a series of scanned slides photographed by my Grandfather in the late 50's to mid 60's when he was working in what is now Zimbabwe.

As a child I remember watching these slides fascinated by this place, a long way away(and even then a long time ago) full of wild animals and stunning scenery. I think it was these slide shows that introduced me to photography and inspired me too. Sadly my Grandfather mostly gave up photography on his return to England and Australia disheartened by the general lack of interest in his photos as the family "Slide Show" as a form of entertainment was replaced by television.

Now more than 40 years later, the Internet seems the perfect place to share his photos.
Scanned from slides which were in various states of deterioration. Colour correction, dust spot removal and other processing in LR2.0

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Taken on: September 30, 2009

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