"Postcard Scenic" (Chapter 9 Image 94)
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- 1968
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1968. "Postcard Scenic" - trees reflected in pond with floating leaves (Virna Haffer Collection)
"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
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)
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)
"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)
"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)
"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
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)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
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)
"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)
"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)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1928. "Robert" - portrait photo of young child, circa 1928, wearing a polka-dotted jersey with a large collar shirt. In 1930 Haffer received her first national exposure when this photograph of "Robert" was reproduced by the American Annual of Photography. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 106)
"Untitled" (Newell Griffith) (Album 1 Image 17)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1935. "Untitled" (Newell Griffith) - portrait of person's (Newell Griffith) head split with mirror, circa 1935. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 74)
"Man in Derby" (Album 2 Image 34)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1928. "Man in Derby" - portrait of person (Ralph Rosenberg) in derby hat and dark suit holding a lit cigarette, circa 1928. Haffer would use this photograph as a basis for a print, made from wood or linoleum blocks in 1929. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 95)
"Don of Taos Pueblo" (Album 2 Image 37)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1930. "Don of Taos Pueblo" - profile portrait, circa 1930.
"Model a La Chinese" (Album 2 Image 40)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Model a la Chinese" - undated portrait of person with furrowed brow, face strongly lit from below
"Onya la Tour" (Album 2 Image 45)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1933. "Onya la Tour" - portrait of person gazing upward. Dangling hoop earrings are in contrast with long dark hair. According to the book "A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer," title of a bas relief print which featured the same person was "Onya Latoor." It was possibly photographed in California. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 80)
"Study - Kay Harshberger" (Album 2 Image 46)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1930. "Study -Kay Harshberger" - portrait of person with head distorted, circa 1930. According to "A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer," this work was also titled Caricature. The distorted image was created in the darkroom by rotating the horizontal printing frame slightly on its vertical axis. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p.19)
"Isabel Morrison- Dancing Teacher" (Album 2 Image 47)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
ca. 1930. "Isabel Morrison, Dancing Teacher" - circa 1930 portrait of person in kimono standing against a vertically striped wall with Chinese or Japanese characters written on it. According to the book "A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna haffer," Isabel Keith Morrison was a dancer and taught dance in Tacoma during the 1920s. She later moved to Los Angeles where she continued teaching and dancing in regional productions. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna haffer, p. 110; p. 20)
"Elizabeth Sale" (Album 2 Image 57)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Elizabeth Sale" - portrait of person with drawn castle in background, only head and hands are visible. Elizabeth ("Bettie") Sale was a poet who collaborated with Virna Haffer to produce a book incorporating her poetry along with photographic illlustrations by Haffer. "Abundant Wild Oats" was never published although a prototype was made. (A Turbulent Lens: The Photographic Art of Virna Haffer, p. 116-information on Bettie Sale and "Abundant Wild Oats.")
"Arrangement of Bamboo Leaves and New Shoots" (Book 1 Image 23)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Arrangement of Bamboo Leaves and New Shoots" - photogram. Photograms are created in a camera-less process using shadows that appear by placing objects between light-sensitive paper and a light source.
"Flashlight Drawing" (Book 2 Image 44)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Flashlight Drawing" - photogram of a female with elongated nose and neck, full lips. (Virna Haffer Collection)
"The Unknown" (Book 2 Image 55)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"The Unknown" - photogram. Probably created during the 1960s when Virna Haffer transitioned to camera-less photographic processes, particularly photograms. (Virna Haffer Collection)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Wheat" - Triticum (aestivum) - photogram of wheat with disc of light (sun) (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
"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)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Kay with Silver Shawl" - undated portrait of person in shawl
"Bird on Cherry branch" (Book 1 Image 35)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Bird on Cherry branch" - Photogram of bird lit from back by disc of light (sun) (Virna Haffer Collection)
Part of Virna Haffer Collection
"Mask" - photogram (Virna Haffer Collection)