1708 Griegos N.W. Albuquerque, N.M.871O7 II/17/7I Dear. Dr» Porter, Mynameis Thomas Cooper and I am a photographer and graduate student of photos rapgy at U.N.M. and am currently studying under Beaumont Newhall.. The purpose of this letter,sir, is to see if you might be kind enough to grant me some visit­ ing time so that I might talk with you about your association with Alfred Stieglitz ^receive your impressions of the experience aad work that transpired during ti”eSicxf doin8 thia "'interview« in conjunction with Mr. Newhall's sonî^feîîLpSqï?gl?Î? T his.t^ies'i particular project is (and most pleasurably pîvÆ association with certain later photographers (yourself, Paul Strand, Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston via Charis Harris, Ansel Adams Minor White and Todd Webb) and their mutual influence, if any, on oneanotSr’. With ïrvîi?::1?11 wo+u? *°tape the p®^®^ of Sr taiî s ranhv +î h felated slidei* as I feel «living« art history of photog­ raphy to be the most interesting and vital experience a devotee can have (outside of course, the actual photographing itself). In any case, these are the practical reasons for my hoped-for visit wi. th yojt. practical Personally, their are selfish motives in the hopes too. Dr. Porter I am a great admirerer of your work and this visit would be an enormous privilege fS me to meet, and perhaps become friends with, one of the few people whom I believe to ÎoS Srk s^hS6^ aChie'eme?îs in a -d art Sich hasTecome £ li£ ho™u?t£ ™ has given me really wonder full joy - I would consider it an +« H îu k*0" yfU* The meeting to°» the proposed tape, might indeed urn out to be the very type of much needed inspiration that this oft-times tired graduate school of photography needs. "Studentness" is today often a» moribund thing; my wish ia that with yours and the other interviews ¿XpVSL th6ir Sen8e °f Aliver;ess and begin to see mo™ SSlÎ St^ Photography.«something that youfour andany the help others J so well represent t « ^7? This ccmigg Saturday the 20th I am leaving to hitch to California to see Ansel “a™?” «f* 1» he™ for . week cr cons,qLu/^you tart pSSotlM ? ™ lfter““ <* «>. month it »nid Sk ouï J periectlyi I am, until then sir, at your convenience..