{"id":6591,"date":"2016-10-14T10:06:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T14:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=6591"},"modified":"2016-10-14T11:31:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:31:23","slug":"dylan-and-the-minox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/dylan-and-the-minox\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan and the Minox"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bob Dylan at Place Des Arts, Montreal in February 1966 taken by Minox<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. I saw in the Globe today that Bob Dylan<\/a> was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature<\/a>\u00a0yesterday. He was considered to be a moving force in the world with his poetry and music, a force that has continued on to this day. I first learned of this strange young man in 1965 listening to his records of the day.<\/p>\n

On February 20th, 1966, my girlfriend at the time knew the concert promoter and bought tickets for Dylan’s\u00a0show at Place des Arts<\/a> in Montreal. We were seated in the second row, just back from the stage. I brought along my little Minox B<\/a> and took some pictures.<\/p>\n

Few knew of the Minox. Most photographers – amateur and pro alike – used larger cameras. While the venue did not permit a camera, this little guy\u00a0was easily hidden in a pocket and \u00a0quite unobtrusive when used. It could be held steady and with the brightness of the spotlight, it \u00a0worked fine without a flash. The image was a reasonable size as well, given we were so close to the stage. A faster film added a grain to the images I \u00a0snapped that chilly February night.<\/p>\n

When I first heard Dylan’s records, singing in his off-key voice, I had trouble making out his words. After listening to him a few times, I could understand his words. Today I have a few of his LP albums and the CD versions too. The Minox? Long gone, traded in for a used Leica IIIf<\/a>. \u00a0The pictures I took that evening\u00a0were processed in Montreal by a man who understood the need for a curved negative plane to match the one in the tiny spy camera.<\/p>\n

That May, I graduated with a B Sc and moved back to Ontario beginning work as an engineer in Bell’s Western Area Engineering. Clicking on the Bob Dylan link<\/a>, you can scroll down to listen to his songs from back then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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