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I am a passionate lover of the snapshot . . . the snapshooter pictures have an apparent disorder and imperfection which is exactly their appeal and their style. Lisette Model If I knew how to take a good photograph, I’d do it every time. Robert Doisneau

Snapshots by Don Graydon and other snapshooters Yellow Submarine Press Index, Washington 2021

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Expresso. July 2019.

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Floored. May 2019.

Family. September 2010.

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Eye to eye. June 2018.

Upsadaisy. March 2010.

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Don’t worry. Be happy. November 2009.

Stress test. August 2009.

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Feathers. September 2010.

A boy and his dog. September 2016.

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Autumn gold. October 2017.

Under construction. September 2018.

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Quiz Kid. January 2009.

Heads up. August 2013.

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Rest stop #1. November 2014.

Rest stop #2. November 2014.

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Center of attention. June 1962.

Solid gold. September 2008.

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Ringer. June 1967.

Candlelight vigil. 1960.

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Mother Nature. September 2012.

Sno-cone. August 2008.

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Gallery. March 2008.

Black and blue. December 2008.

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Joy. March 2009.

Living room. September 2008.

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Legs. July 2009.

2-scoop rice. February 2007.

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Wild goose chase. January 2007.

The Donald. April 2006.

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The Reeperbahn. August 1960.

Bride and groom. December 1958.

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Mixed emotion. June 2006.

Tragedy. May 1979.

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The deep blue sea. February 2005.

Paisley. June 1969.

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Car. 1961.

Train. April 2006.

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Ol’ Blue Eye. July 2005.

The visitor. June 2005.

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On the Road #1. August 2011.

On the Road #2. August 2011.

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Sand and sea. September 1964.

Warm conversation. May 2002.

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Bedrock #1. August 2018.

Bedrock #2. December 2008.

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The spirit within. April 2006.

Stablemates. July 1988.

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My mistake. February 1975.

Under the freeway. June 1960.

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The Messiah. January 1981.

THE SNAPSHOTS 1. Expresso. July 2019. Don makes another stop at the Espresso Chalet coffee shop just outside Index.

2. Floored. May 2019. Jonelle and Satchi mix it up on the floor of Jonelle’s living room.

3. Family. September 2010. It’s beer time in Hamburg. Marion reaches for the bottle from Wolfgang; Henriette and Andy are the innocent bystanders.

4. Eye to eye. June 2018. Cyrus and daddy Nate talk things over, trying to see eye to eye. At Jonelle’s in Richmond Beach.

5. Upsadaisy. March 2010. The Haiku, Maui, Hoolaulea and Flower Festival. Everyone has fun.

6. Don’t worry. Be Happy. November 2009. Carol slides Don into the radiation chamber for prostate cancer treatment. It’s not as bad as it looks.

7. Stress test. August 2009. Jim Niess on the sidewalks of Portland, Oregon.

8. Feathers. September 2010. You’ll find it all at the Pike Place Market in Seattle 9. A boy and his dog. September 2016. Don and Satchi share the driving on their way to Mt. Baker.

10. Autumn gold. October 2017. It’s not only the leaves that are showing off their autumn colors along Avenue A in Index.

11. Under construction. September 2018. The new 59er Diner at Cole’s Corner is just about finished.

Satchi waits in the car.

12. Quiz Kid. January 2009. Graham is wide awake, Henriette is sleeping. An unexpected layover on a flight from Berlin to Maui.

13. Heads up. August 2013. Graham stands out in a group of children entering first grade at Berlin Bilingual School.

14. Rest stop #1. November 2014. Don at Zuma Beach, Malibu.

15. Rest stop #2. November 2014. Jonelle at Zuma Beach, Malibu.

16. Center of attention. June 1962. Gathering around the garbage can after church services in Spanaway, Washington. Buddy Waespi at left, Emily Graydon at right.

17. Solid Gold. September 2008. Anya is on top of things in this dance performance, choreographed by Anya, at Shanghai Community International School.

18. Ringer. June 1967. A cigarette enhances cousin Gary’s skill at horseshoes at Grandma and Grandpa Graydon’s cabin on Bethel Island, California.

19. Candlelight vigil. 1960. Cherky Chang and friend during a typical party at the Reno rental of Don Graydon and Dick McConaughy, U. of Nevada students.

20. Mother Nature. September 2012. Wildlife in Glacier National Park: Jonelle and a grazing ram.

21. Sno-cone. August 2008. Street scene, New York City.

22. Gallery. March 2008. Don inspects part of Andy’s installation at the Brooklyn art show titled “Displacement”.

23. Black and blue. December 2008. Here’s the scene looking out from inside the DeYoung art museum in San Francisco.

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24. Joy. March 2009. Michelle Graydon dead-lifts 235 pounds, California’s best in her age and weight group.

36. Car. 1961. Bill Schumann troubleshoots during Don and Bill’s road trip to Southern California in Don’s 1950 Plymouth.

25. Living room. September 2008. Marissa shares the living room at home in Castro Valley with a spectral being.

37. Train. April 2006. The New York subway.

26. Legs. July 2009. The three girls at left — Jen, Anya and Lisa — laugh away in Emily’s Park below Don’s house.

27. 2-scoop rice. February 2007. It’s local food to the max as Jonelle visits a diner in Wailuku, Maui.

28. Wild goose chase. January 2007. A routefinding adventure into Maui’s Opana Gulch: waist-high grasses, pig wallows, potholes, dead ends, tangled forest, bird song.

Here’s Frank, Don and Jim.

39. The visitor. June 2005. Anya and Jordan, in Paul and Lisa’s home, get up to welcome Jonelle.

40. On the Road #1. August 2011. Jonelle walks on the north side of Avenue A in Index.

41. On the Road #2. August 2011. Don walks on the south side of Avenue A in Index.

29. The Donald. April 2006. You know this sorry excuse for a man (he’s the one in the middle). Don in New York City.

42. Sand and sea. September 1964. Jonelle’s mom, Rosella, looks out to sea from her perch on a piece of sinuous driftwood on an Oregon beach.

30. The Reeperbahn. August 1960. A working girl puts herself on sale in a show window in the Reeperbahn district of Hamburg.

43. Warm conversation. May 2002. Jonelle visits with our neighbor at an Oregon campground.

31. Bride and Groom. December 1958. Bridegroom Al receives the full attention of bride Ruth and his new motherin-law. Hayward, California.

32. Mixed Emotion. June 2006. It was joy mixed with tears at the graduation ceremonies at Syre Elementary School in Shoreline, Washington.

33. Tragedy. May 1979. Almost too much grief to bear. The son of Bob (at right) — Ryan, a 3-year-old — had drowned in the swimming pool at their home in Glendale, California.

34. The deep blue sea. February 2005. Dan guided Don on a sea kayak voyage around Molokini, 4 miles offshore from Maui. In this photo, Don paddles through rough waters shortly before capsizing.

35. Paisley. June 1969. Mike Weston, in front, and Bill Poulson paddle out to the Yellow Submarine after seeing the Bolinas chapel where Don and Sharmen would soon be wed.

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38. Ol’ Blue Eye. July 2005. A woman and her dog in Sultan, Washington.

44. Bedrock #1. August 2018. Michael Knoll on the summit of Mt. Pugh.

45. Bedrock #2. December 2008. Don at Joshua Tree.

46. The spirit within. April 2006. Aboard the M79 crosstown bus in Manhattan.

47. Stablemates. July 1988. Gene Gagnon and his racehorse at Longacres.

48. My mistake. February 1975. Tourists Holger and Thore Johnson outside a men’s room in Sonoyta, Mexico.

49. Under the freeway. June 1960. Bill Schumann is here with his Vespa before spending the night beneath a freeway, probably in Belgium. Don, Ross Poulson and Bill McKirdy joined the slumber party.

50. The Messiah. January 1981. Jim Niess gazes into the

future while Tom Stevens walks and Don runs. On the deck of the cottage at Dan’s place, Maui.

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