Betty Jo Gregory / Cadet Nurse - photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

Betty Jo Gregory / Cadet Nurse - photogravure print - The Weekly EditionThese hands belong to my mother, Betty Jo Gregory. She was 23 years old when she graduated from the Cadet Nurse Corps Program in 1948. This program to train nurses started after America entered World War II. In exchange for this training Betty pledged to actively serve in the service for the duration of the war. The war ended and she went on to use her skills to work as a registered nurse in hospital settings. I made this negative 2 weeks ago in the

She told me that we shared a fondness of white roses and photographs of them as they cycle through life

with a small hole at the top

All the while I am on hold

and lettered A-H

Presented in a 4 - ply what rag mat

I made a few photographs the first day

I was once in a workshop with a famous portrait photographer and when I showed my work her comment was " these pictures do not transcend the identity of the sitter "

I made this photograph in my backyard studio and printed it on the same day

Portrait of C

Completion first weeks of September 2024

One year I drove up on the backside of Mt

I printed an edition of 8 numbered prints and 3 A/P prints