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Show mmMmmmt-Mrnmmmi&mmmm lyauMWmn.""' " ' MMMMiMMiiniinMP - , n ' 1 - i ( , fa- f ,1 p j A Uir . .... U "' V ; ; , j - .... " " 1 -v Left to right: Park City Councilmen Al Horrigan, Jim Doilney and Tom ShellenbergerMayoaek Green, caisorenson councilman Bob Wells, Park City Police Sgt. Bruce Bennion and councilman Bill Coleman ' may look like malcontents. But it's just a pose for one of the 13 photographs included in a new calendar, Tumble weed Reflections. j It's all black and white: New calendar reflects P.C. spirit, says photographer by CHRISTOPHER SMART Record staff writer It's expected to be available by week's end Park City's own calendar, calen-dar, starring local celebrities like the mayor and city councilmen (like you've never seen them), former city councilwoman Mary Lehmr, , mayor-elect Hal Taylor and other , including the man'who photograph- -ed them, Cal Sorenson. ... "Tumbleweed Reflections Park City 1986" is the name of the sometimes whimsical black-and-white photo calendar that also highlights important historic and contemporary Park City dates and features local people in turn-of-the-century garb and settings. Sorenson came to Park City two years ago from Los Angeles via Denver. "I needed to get somewhere where I could be more creative and less commercial." The product, he said, started out as a "cowboy calendar," but the professional pro-fessional photographer , said he ' wanted to include Park City. . 4'.jA"It's a demonstrationOf ithe spirit, of Park City," Sorenson said. He said he decided to use black- . and-white photographs instead of color because it fit his budget. But, moreover, he said black and white ' done properly is more graphic than color. "Ansel Adams felt the same way," he said. He explained that color photography will "carry a bad idea, but with black and white, the good idea will be obvious." Sorenson prefers large-format cameras and the Tumbleweed Reflections all were shot with a Hasselblad, which uses 2 14-inch by 2 14-inch negatives. Sorenson called the Hasselblad "an inspirational tool.'- ::r; . His calendar features the use of some' special effects,' including fog and creative lighting. He said his motto is,"If you give me an idea, I'll give you a dream." Each of the shots in the calendar took from three to five hours to set up, he said. Along with companion Janice Coberly, the photographer graces the calendar's coven Some of the other Park City residents featured include veterinarian Keith Lund and his son, Michael, in a photograph Sorenson , calls "The Vet," which he said was influenced by the black-and-white 1946 motion picture, "The Yearling." Year-ling." Other pictures include Tom Miller and Minnie the goat in "Cowboy's Saturday Night," and Lehmer, Pat Korogi andRSe Ringholzas. ladies of "rthenight in "Welcome Stranger." The calendar features 13 photographs and was printed by Lithographies in Salt Lake City. Graphic artist Liz Sprackland of Midway designed the calendar and Park Record copy editor Robin Moench researched and wrote the historical and contemporary notes in what Sorenson described as a "working calendar." |