1942-1974
Don Van Dam -
A photographer who caught some unique moments in time. What may we have seen from him if his life was not cut short by a tragic accident.
Thank you Don
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A Tribute to Don Van Dam - April 1981
St. Thomas harbor in the early '70's
This photo showing a busy harbor back in 1973 was taken by Don Van Dam. Don was an upcoming photographer from St. Thomas whose life was cut short the following year.
The image shows 6 cruise ships in and just outside the harbor. The ships were much smaller back in those years,
but a 6 ship day was still very busy in
The post card was published by Mrs. Marion Head, Norre Gade, St. Thomas
I never had the pleasure of meeting Don before his tragic departure but we seemed to be in a number of places at the same time.
Also want to thank
Reniet Ramirez Rivera
for keeping
Mar y Sol Festival
alive with his website and Facebook pages.
Don Van Dam was there!!
I recently was reviewing the Mar y Sol Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/MarYSolPopFestival/
and came across Don's photos.
Top - Juan "Jaunito" Melendez of "Rubber Band" (Jazz)
Right - Juanito of Rubber Band
Left - Greg Lake of Emerson Lake & Palmer (ELP)
Below - Jonathan Edwards
Below right - Gerry Mulligan
playing with Dave Brubeck
Bottom left - B.B. King
Bottom right - a field of dreams
A great photographer!
photo by Tom Anusewicz Montage by Fernando Rodriquez
