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Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Moss" - 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)
"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)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"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)
"Postcard Scenic" (Chapter 9 Image 94)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1968. "Postcard Scenic" - trees reflected in pond with floating leaves (Virna Haffer Collection)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
Portrait of fortune-teller. The dark haired woman has a weary smile on her face. She is holding a lit cigarette in one hand. Part of a deck of cards is scattered on the table before her. The photograph's background is dark and muted and the picture itself may be purposefully out of focus. (Virna Haffer Collection)
"Franz Brasz, Artist" (Album 1 Image 21)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1937. "Franz Brasz, Artist" - circa 1937 portrait of artist with drawing as background
"Dude Cowboy, Pecos, New Mexico" (Album 1 Image 31)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Dude Cowboy, Pecos, New Mexico" - lower half of squatting cowboy - undated portrait. Man has studded boots, colorful long sleeved shirt and is holding a cigarette in one hand.
"Self Portrait" (Album 2 Image 55)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1929. "Self Portrait" - photograph of Virna Haffer reflected on curved surface, circa 1929.
"'World Peace' (in political sense) a Rush" (Book 1 Image 37)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"'World Peace' (in political sense) a Rush" - photogram. Undated work with Japanese characters in bold print. (Virna Haffer Collection)
"Alley Doll and Chestnuts" (Book 1 Image 38)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Alley Doll and Chestnuts" - photogram. Figure appears to be a female nude in motion with head obscured by "chestnut." (Virna Haffer Collection)
"After Picasso" (Book 2 Image 61)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"After Picasso" - photogram (Virna Haffer Collection)
"Bird Dance" (Book 3 Image 100)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Bird Dance" - photogram (Virna Haffer Collection)
"Dedication" (Chapter 3 Image 25)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1934. "Dedication" - multiple exposures of nude man walking right to left across frame. According to the book "A Turbulent Lens," Haffer posed her husband, Norman Randall, in her studio with neutral backdrop and backlighting. A Graflex revolving magazine holder was used to take multiple exposures on several films and those resulting images were then sandwiched together. "Dedication" was used as the front and back inside covers for "Abundant Wild Oats," a book combining the poetry of Elizabeth ("Bettie") Sale and Haffer's photography. The book was never published although a prototype was made. (Virna Haffer Collection) (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 21, 126. 138, 117)
"Eleventh Street Bridge" (Chapter 13)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
This circa 1928 image depicts a shadowy figure walking on downtown Tacoma's Eleventh Street Bridge in heavy fog.
"Tilley-O" (Chapter 15 Image 178)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1928. "Tilley-O"- multiple exposures of a smiling woman in sepia toned and B & W. This circa 1928 photograph shows exposures of the same woman placed in a circular format with what may be a mound of thickish black hair in the center of the circle, thereby either hiding the woman's actual hair or was an enlargement of her hair. (Virna Haffer Collection) (Bullock: A Turbulent Lens, p. 40-picture only)
Untitled (Chapter 15 Image 179)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1935. Distorted head. This untitled work is of Newell Griffith, circa 1935. Mr. Griffith can also been seen in another of Haffer's pieces, series VH, image ALBUM 2-35. (Virna Haffer Collection)