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My grandfather spent his adult life working in the chemical department at Ansco, an old photographic company predating Kodak (click here for more info on Ansco). I was very close to my grandfather, and he used to always share stories with me about working at Ansco. He didn't live long enough to see me become a photographer, and just barely long enough to see me become passionate about the medium. But I like to think he had some influence, some impact upon it, even if only in a subtle or obscure way.

In addition to some of his random photo equipment, I've inherited boxes of negatives and prints stashed away in his basement.

The first two images are pictures of my grandfather at work, while the rest are images scanned from negatives I can only assume he shot.