Photographic Memory

Interview Index

In the early to mid 1990’s, Kay Reese and Mimi Leipzig performed a great service for ASMP. The two interviewed many of the last remaining original and early members of ASMP, and these conversations — most seen here for the first time — constitute a treasure trove of fact, memory, autobiography and, in some instances, the best record of what the ASMP founders thought and felt and shared in the glimmer of the Society’s beginnings. These are stories of anger and courage, commitment and progress, humor and disappointment. But mostly they are the voices of men and women — most, sadly, gone now — who fought, at great personal and financial risk, to maintain the highest standards of their profession, and to help extend their expertise and hard-earned gains and protections to their fellow photographers, and by doing so, helped to define what ASMP is all about.

Additional Reese/Leipzig interviews will appear here every so often as we continue to celebrate the ASMP 60th anniversary.