Author Archives: Mr. Holga

About Mr. Holga

Mr. Holga is a film photographer specializing in Holga camera photography with Kodak film. Mr. Holga enjoys using any old film camera, especially a camera fifty plus years old or older. Mr. Holga is a graduate of Southern Methodist University. Mr. Holga is also the walkabout photographer and reporter for Dallas Art News.

Mrs. Kennedy’s Pink Wool Suit and the U.S. National Archives

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Mr. Holga

My book project, Death by Holga: 11.22.63, is constantly evolving. As I keep reading Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (a.k.a. Warren Commission Report) and other resources, more and more photography subjects come to light. I can’t say exactly how it popped into my head, but I must have read somewhere that President Kennedy’s suit coat, Lee Harvey Oswald’s rifle and Mrs. Kennedy’s pink wool suit are all at the U.S. National Archives in Washington, D.C. Continue reading →

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Detective James Leavelle at the Old Dallas Police Headquarters

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Mr. Holga

Mission accomplished. I have photos of Det. James Leavelle at the Dallas Municipal Building (a.k.a. the old Dallas Police Headquarters). The Holga shots are yet to be developed. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed that all goes well this those … Continue reading →

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Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Mr. Holga

I spent an hour or more getting ready for my photo shoot at the Dallas Municipal Building, formerly the Dallas Police Headquarters. The shoot will be in the basement where Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and the fifth floor where … Continue reading →

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Photographed by The Dallas Morning News

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Mr. Holga

I was photographed yesterday by Jerry McCarthy from The Dallas Morning News for the feature article by David Flick. I met Jerry outside the front gate of the Emanu-El Cemetery at 3430 Howell Street in Dallas. There are several small … Continue reading →

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Dallas Museum of Art Shop Selling Diana F+ Camera

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Mr. Holga

I discovered recently the Dallas Museum of Art online gift shop (www.shopDMA.org) is selling Lomo cameras, especially the Diana F+ camera. Lomo, short for lomography, cameras are usually cheap, plastic cameras that use either 35mm or 120 roll film. This … Continue reading →

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Interviewed by The Dallas Morning News

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Mr. Holga

Yesterday, I was interviewed by David Flick, featured writer for The Dallas Morning News, about Death By Holga: 11.22.63. We met at Jason’s Deli near Mockingbird Station in Dallas.

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Dallas Municipal Building, Former Dallas Police Headquarters

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Mr. Holga

I did a walk through of the Dallas Municipal Building (DMB) to check out the basement where Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby. I want to see if the location is really worth photographing. Continue reading →

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Kansas City to Chicago to Columbus to New Orleans Round Trip

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Mr. Holga

A round trip joI am planning a short hop around our great country to get some of the outlying people who are important to the Kennedy assassination story. The most notable are Walter Cronkite in Kansas City, Jack Ruby in Chicago, Air Force One in Dayton and Jim Garrison in New Orleans.urney from Dallas to Kansas City to Chicago to Dayton to New Orleans and back to Dallas to collect the photos of some JFK notables. Continue reading →

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Capt. Max E. Causey at Odd Fellows Cemetery

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Mr. Holga

The hunt for Capt. Max E. Causey, foreman for the Jack Ruby jury, took more than two hours in the Odd Fellows Cemetery outside Caddo Mills, Texas. Continue reading →

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Congressman Sam Rayburn and PFC Kenneth Lyon

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Mr. Holga

Sam Rayburn and Kenneth Lyon Continue reading →

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