The Ritual of Danger and Style; Virna Haffer (w/ Ed Pavez) - Episode 78

<p> </p> <p>Show notes and photos here: <a href='https://allthroughalens.com/2023/03/07/the-ritual-of-danger-and-style-virna-haffer-w-ed-pavez/'>allthroughalens.com</a></p> <p>On this episode, we’ll be talking to photographer and playwright, Ed Pavez (<a href='https://www.instagram.com/edpavez/'>@edpavez</a> on IG). We’ll also be telling you about the many varied styles of mediums of Pacific Northwest photographer Virna Haffer. Oh, and Eric visited the Contact High exhibit! We’ll push the button on the answering machine and have a little bit of fun along the way.</p> Eduardo Pavez Goye <p>We were honored to have Ed Pavez as a guest on this episode. Ed is a film photographer, playwrite, musician and traveler. We talked about photography, of course, but also growing up in Chile, protesting, zine making, creative ruts, and whether raisins belong in empanadas.</p> <p>IG: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/edpavez/'>@edpavez</a></p> <p>YouTube: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/@edpavez'>Ed Pavez</a></p> <p>Web: <a href='http://www.eduardopavezgoye.com/'>eduardopavezgoye.com</a></p> <p>Here are a few selections of his photographic work:</p> <p></p> <p> </p> Virna Haffer <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Unless you were from the Puget Sound area in the first half of the 1900s, you probably haven’t heard of Virna Haffer. She was a Tacoma, Washington area photographer whose variety in both style and medium should be celebrated far more than it is today. </p> <p>Virna showed us that we should not be limited by age or even camera. We shouldn’t confine ourselves to a single medium or format. She even called into question the importance of having our own specific style. She began with photography from the age of 15, and sixty years later had evolved her work into something entirely new. She was constantly experimenting, changing and allowing her art to express whatever worlds she could imagine.</p> <p>She produced so much variety! Here’s a smattering of it…</p>               <p> </p> Contact