All-in-one creative group: digital technology makes national accounts feasible from small-market area. (Processing).(history of Geoffrey Kilmer and Photoworks Creative Group)
Photo Marketing, February, 2003 by Thall, Larry
While it's unlikely anyone could confuse a Mamiya TLR for a Minox, Geoffrey Kilmer, founder and president of Photoworks Creative Group, Charlottesville, Va., was called upon to give it a try, and he received a commendation letter from the Pentagon for his efforts.
Serving as a U.S. Navy photographer from 1973-1978, Kilmer was part of an anti-submarine squadron, deployed in Bermuda. When a suspicious-looking cargo ship, suspected by U.S. military officials of carrying missiles, limped into nearby St. Georges Harbor, Kilmer was ordered to swap his uniform for "civvies," hop on his motorcycle, and take "covert" shots of the vessel.
By taking several images of the ship as he moved along its length, Kilmer used conventional darkroom techniques to create a...
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