Wright Morris (January 6, 1910 – April 25, 1998)
American novelist, photographer, and essayist.
Wright in his Morris chair, in his home in Marin County, California
A magnificent man; a great teacher; author and photographer, creator of the first photographic novel , which has been called “as near to a new fiction form as you could get.”
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© 1978 Joey Tranchina
Personal Note: Wright Morris was three days younger than my mother, Loretta C. Tranchina, nee Lombardi, who was born on January 3, 1910.
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The Watts Towers, Los Angeles CA - 1966
Photographs by Joey Tranchina
Part 1 of 3
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“Child’s Grave” Sinaloa, Mexico
At 20, this was the first time I cried while making a photograph — not the last…jt
© 1964 Joey Tranchina
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“Joe’s Parking Lot”
Los Angeles in the mid sixties, my head was filled with “Cream”, burning up eight-track tapes but my eyes were drawn to the society of the forgotten, the isolated, the lost and alone.
© 1967 Joey Tranchina
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