Mosier, Oregon 2014

Jim Grossman

Loving Father, World Champion Kayaker, Special Olympics Organizer

Jim Grossman, 56, died May 30th, 2022, doing what he loves, kayaking. John Kerry, the godfather of Jimmy’s son Buey, said: “He paddled into a water hole and never came out.” The news hit me hard in the waking hours on the opposite side of the world. I was not able to express my shock and sorrow until my return.

I came to know Jimmy when his father, Sam, introduced us during Kerry’s presidential run in 2013. We teamed up and scoured New Hampshire, giving away 20,000 copies of my magazine that featured the then-Senator John Kerry on the cover. Since the fortuitous campaign, Jim Grossman and I have become life-long friends. He would visit me frequently with his son and daughter in tow: always with a carload of skis, kayaks, and planned activities. Always being the doting, loving, caring, and brilliantly instructive father. Their visits were always magical, and since we shared a love of photography, they were always full of visually collected moments.

A tribute to my friend — son of Sam Grossman, father of Buey & Saba Grossman — a few magical moments of a life well-lived. 

2000’s DECADE

HEAT’S ON: A decade of transformation. The dawning of the age of Aquarius. Water turning to steam. Fruition from the quest was liberating. It was a decade that exchanged ambition for the magic of the unknown.

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1980’s DECADE

INDULGING DEFIANCE: Photography gave me wings but also a sense of boundless creativity. This was a decade of independence, anti-establishment. It was a decade that avoided entrapment, both stylistic and accomplishment,. an era of exploration and renaissance.

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Mt. EVEREST

NEW WORK: In sixty-five years we have brought Mt.Everest to its knees. Human excrement, garbage, and dead bodies have desecrated this once pristine and delicate ecology. Water running off this mountain has been declared unsafe to drink and feared to be diseased laden.

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YOSEMITE AWAKENING

NEW WORK: It’s so hard to find new subject especially in iconic places where millions of photographs have been cherished. So when nature plays a role, I rejoice with gratitude in this new creative partnership.

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Collectable

It may not be Art but it's a collectable!
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Jode Goudy

CHAIRMAN YAKIMA NATION
A future blog about Jode Goudy will be added here. Enter now to see photos. Since 2015.

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Ken Winner

DESIGN/ENGINEER
Future blog page about Ken Winner will be added here. Enter now to see photos. Since 1998.

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Gavin Grow

WRITER/PARAPLEGIC
A future blog about Gavin Grow will be completed. Enter now to see photos. Since 2014.

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Steve Saint

ENTREPRENEUR, MISSIONARY
A future blog about missionary, entrepreneur, pilot and writer Steve Saint will be completed. Enter now to see photos. Since 1972.

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