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My Austin Sun Photographs

Photographs from 1975-76 by J R Compton

The 40-year Party Pictures are slowly appearing on their own page.

Please do not reproduce these images in any medium without payment
and/or written permission from J R Compton, but enjoy them here.

Dan Hubig and Jeff 'Nightbird' laughing in the lounge

Pensively Pondering: Deb Stall, Ed Guinn, Bill Bentley and Marty McKenzie

Carlene Brady, Marty and Michael Ventura

A Meeting: Dan Hubig, Andy Poynor, Michael Ventura and BigBoy Medilin

Two Guys on a Porch: Andy Poynor and BigBoy Medlin

See note below about Andy.

Carlene at the Keyboard of the CompuGraphic Jr.

Danny Schweers working on the floor during Production. Probably Marty in the background

Staff Meeting: Moriarty, Marty, Cynde Webendorfer, Ed Guinn, Glen Riley, Ventura (behind) unknown, Carlene, Pyner (behind), Bill Bentley, Nighturkey, Danny Schweers

Dan Hubig and Andy Poynor dancing

Andy Poynor Andy died of a rare form of cancer on September 3, 2009 in Joplin, Missourri. He had recently had the first-ever exhibition of his work. There's a page of work and information about his death on the DallasArtsRevue member page I put up for him recently.

David Moriarty, Glen Riley and Ed Guinn

Smile 'n Sniff: Glen Riley and Eric "Enrique Pasa" Rosenblumm

Typing a Story

Cartoonist Jim Franklin and Ad Sales Person Rhett Beard

Marty McKenzie gets a massage from Andy Poynor during Production.

Jeff and Marty

Up the Front Stairs

Unknown (I have another shot of her typesetting)

Jeff Thinking

Production Room Floor

Dave Moriarty, Carlene Brady, Rhett Beard and Dan Hubig

Jim Groenewegan

Dan Hubig, Dean Rindy and Danny Schweers

José Campos

Production Camera

The Great 6-Pack Motto Contest

Some of the entries included:

High over Austin

You Are My Sun Shine!

Suntimes a Great Motion

Get your Sun in the morning
And your daughter at night.

The Austin Sun — Roof to the Stars

In Austin the Sun never sets
The Sun never sets in Austin

The Sun Also Sets.

Let it shine on

The Sun goes on within you or without you.
 

Jeff

Stacks of Suns

Taped Chair

Exec Desk

Reading the Paper

Carlene Brady

Grok Books

Production Rooom
 

These are the best, but I have scads more images — around 500 total (although many are near duplicates) and all the original negatives, but no film scanner yet, though I'm looking. These were scanned from smallish 2 x 3, 5 x 7 and a few 8 x 10-inch prints I made back then.

I always thought I might to do a book someday — I still may, which is why I'm not abandoning my copyrights or allowing these photographs to be reproduced elsewhere without permission. However, I did not and do not intend to have to write the thing, only illustrate it, so this may be it.

There will be more Sun shots here as I find time. I'll probably also go back and redo some of these as I get the hang of black & white again or start scanning the original 35mm film, which will be much less grainy.

Dan Hubig is helping me identify the people. Bill Hood and Danny Schweers also helped. I'd appreciate any other help with names or other pertinent information, like what those people wrote or did there.

My latest email address is always on the Contact page. If you were one of the Sunshine Boys or Girls when I was there, I'd love to hear from you.

; J R Compton
 

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