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"Wheat" - Triticum (aestivum) - photogram of wheat with disc of light (sun) (Virna Haffer Collection)
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Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Wheat" - Triticum (aestivum) - photogram of wheat with disc of light (sun) (Virna Haffer Collection)
"Male Beauty" (Chapter 3 Image 24)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1929. "Male Beauty" - soft focus male nude (back view) printed in sepia tone (Virna Haffer Collection)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Poetry of the ages in one little bay" (Chapter 9 Image 98)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Poetry of the ages in one little bay" - trees reflected in water (Virna Haffer Collection)
Untitled (Chapter 15 Image 180)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
Brightly lit head of man with deep dark-set eyes and black background. Area below the sharply etched cheekbones is in darkness. Forehead and nose area highlighted. (Virna Haffer Collection)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1929. Digitized for use by Frye Museum/jg. This is entitled "Kwei Dun" and was a bromoil print which resembled a painting. This is believed to be a portrait of Chinese finger painter Kwei Dun who arrived in Seattle in 1924 to study art and architecture at the University of Washington. (Virna Haffer Collection) (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 107)
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"Norman" - undated portrait of Norman Randall, with well lit face floating in black cowl. Norman Randall, Virna Haffer's third husband, was an engineer and artist. Haffer never remarried after his death in 1950. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 61- information on Mr. Randall)
"Kay with Silver Shawl" (Album 2 Image 53)
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"Kay with Silver Shawl" - undated portrait of person in shawl
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1960. This self portrait of photographer Virna Haffer was made circa 1960. Apparently she had greased her face with vasoline and then patted her face with paper. Her profile emerges from a black background with eyes seemingly shut tightly. (Virna Haffer Collection) (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 40)
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"Bird on Cherry branch" (Book 1 Image 35)
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"Bird on Cherry branch" - Photogram of bird lit from back by disc of light (sun) (Virna Haffer Collection)
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"Mask" - photogram (Virna Haffer Collection)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Ancestors" - photogram of skeletal remains (Virna Haffer Collection)
"Fox Glove or Digitalis" (Book 5 Image 165)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Fox Glove or Digitalis" - photogram (Virna Haffer Collection)
"Nineteen Twenty Seven" (Chapter 3 Image 21)
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"Nineteen Twenty Seven" - female nude holding drape across front of her body. This is possibly a self-portrait of Virna Haffer. She wore her dark hair heavily banged and cut short during the late 1920s. (Virna Haffer Collection)
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ca. 1929. Digitized for use by Frye Museum/jg. This painting-like piece is listed as "Kwei Dun" according to the book "A Turbulent Lens." A black and white version can be seen at series VH, image KWEI. The circa 1929 portrait was made of Chinese finger painter Kwei Dun who had traveled to Seattle to study art and architecture at the University of Washington. (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 107)
"Hard Rock Randall" (Album 1 Image 30)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1935. "'Hard Rock' Randall" - portrait of unsmiling, stubble-faced individual, circa 1935. This is believed to be Virna Haffer's third husband, Norman Randall. He would be extensively photographed by Haffer in the 1930s and '40s. This portrait of Randall would win first prize in a San Francisco competition sponsored by Camera Craft magazine in 1936. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 60-61)
"Newell Griffith and Shadow" (Album 2 Image 35)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Newell Griffith and Shadow" - undated portrait of man dressed in black, with well lit head floating in shadow.
"Gian Paola" (Album 2 Image 48)
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ca. 1929. "Gian Paola" - portrait of person with brightly lit face and clenched hand emerge from a sea of black. This circa 1929 photograph was exhibited at the 1928 Seattle Camera Club (SCC) show. According to the book, "A Turbulet Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna haffer," this unusual work had "intense and disturbing qualities" quite at odds with other exhibition entries that stressed beauty. (A Turbulet Lens:The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 92)
"Bowl of Fruit" (Book 1 Image 34)
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"Bowl of Fruit" - photogram (Virna Haffer Collection)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Moss" - photogram (Virna Haffer Collection)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Bone Man" - photogram (Virna Haffer Collection)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Male Beauty" (Chapter 3 Image 15)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1929. "Male Beauty" - soft focus portrait of naked male torso printed in sepia tone (Virna Haffer Collection)
"The Corny 1920's" (Chapter 3 Image 20)
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"The Corny 1920's" - crouching female nude with shadow of man with whip (Virna Haffer Collection)
"With a Weird Spark" (Chapter 3 Image 30)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1934. This is believed to be Virna Haffer's "With a Weird Spark," an abstract composition of a man and woman and pattern in "sky" (sea shell), circa 1934. (Virna Haffer Collection) (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 132)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
Part of Virna Haffer Collection