Mosier, Oregon 2014
Jim Grossman
Loving Father, World Champion Kayaker, Special Olympics Organizer
Jim Grossman, 56, died May 30th, 2022, doing what he loves, kayaking. John Kerry, the godfather of Jimmy’s son Buey, said: “He paddled into a water hole and never came out.” The news hit me hard in the waking hours on the opposite side of the world. I was not able to express my shock and sorrow until my return.
I came to know Jimmy when his father, Sam, introduced us during Kerry’s presidential run in 2013. We teamed up and scoured New Hampshire, giving away 20,000 copies of my magazine that featured the then-Senator John Kerry on the cover. Since the fortuitous campaign, Jim Grossman and I have become life-long friends. He would visit me frequently with his son and daughter in tow: always with a carload of skis, kayaks, and planned activities. Always being the doting, loving, caring, and brilliantly instructive father. Their visits were always magical, and since we shared a love of photography, they were always full of visually collected moments.
A tribute to my friend — son of Sam Grossman, father of Buey & Saba Grossman — a few magical moments of a life well-lived.
1980’s DECADE
INDULGING DEFIANCE: Photography gave me wings but also a sense of boundless creativity. This was a decade of independence, anti-establishment. It was a decade that avoided entrapment, both stylistic and accomplishment,. an era of exploration and renaissance.
1970’s DECADE
DECADE OF ADVENTURE: Fresh and exciting, a decade of innocent encounters, whether temporal or spiritual, all powerful awakenings. A dance of light, faith, and form, converging in time, out of chaos into moments of delight and awe.
YOSEMITE AWAKENING
NEW WORK: It’s so hard to find new subject especially in iconic places where millions of photographs have been cherished. So when nature plays a role, I rejoice with gratitude in this new creative partnership.
CELESTIAL ARTIFACTS
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Walter Ordway
ORGANIC FARMER
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Dennis Obrian
CHIROPRACTOR
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Walter Ordway
ORGANIC FARMER
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Lori Lischner
HORSE WHISPER
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Gregory Thorne
BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER
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Doug Crow
ECONOMICS PROFESSOR
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Mike Lam
SAILMAKER
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Julia Jensen
ALCHEMIST
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“Boarding” Bob Wendler
PHOTOGRAPHER
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Woody Camp
PHOTO AGENCY OWNER
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Tendzin Choegyal
DALAI LAMA’S BROTHER
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Robert Pledge
PHOTO AGENT
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Ron Jamis
FOUNDER OF JAMIS BIKE
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Edie Capa
JEWISH MOTHER
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