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.

1990’s DECADE
SINK OR SWIM: The ’90s were filled with risk and perils. A decade of demanding faith and vision. Jumping before knowing where to land. A decade filled with challenges, difficulties and yet breathtaking miracles.

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.

MONUMENT VALLEY
NEW WORK: It’s so rare to be at a place when all things come together for a picture. This is the quest. Mere photographing is just not good enough.

MACAQUE WARRIOR
NEW WORK: I felt I had an appointment with a moment. So I went up the mountain in the rain. Half-frozen I came down with nothing to justify the morning soak. Then out of the woods, this monkey came and sat in front of me…

Mike Lam
SAILMAKER
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Bill Snead
PHOTOGRAPHER
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Brian Schurton
WINDSURFING SCHOOL OWNER
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David Weiss
FLAT EARTH BELIEVER
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Steve Saint
ENTREPRENEUR, MISSIONARY
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Woody Camp
PHOTO AGENCY OWNER
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Dawna Price
NURSE/ACCOUNTANT
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Gavin Grow
WRITER/PARAPLEGIC
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Rich Clarkson
PHOTOGRAPHER/EDITOR
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Michael Hildreth
PHOTOGRAPHER
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Susan Biddle
PHOTOGRAPHER
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Laurie Nadel
WRITER
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Susan Hsueh Lin
CONCERT PIANIST/MISSIONARY
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