From: Willem-Jan Markerink 
To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au
Subject: Simon Nathan?
Cc: simonwide 
Reply-to: w.j.markerink@a1.nl
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 02:40:52 +0200

Anyone heard or seen Simon Nathan lately?
Last list mail is could find is from late October 2002, and he didn't 
reply on a recent mail from me, to 
simonwide .

Thanx for any info!







Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:55:48 -0400
From: Gary Beasley 
To: w.j.markerink@a1.nl
Subject: [Fwd: Here I am`]

Willem, I had an email from Simon in Feb.03 I am forwarding it to
you.
Gary


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Here I am`
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 06:30:06 -0500 (EST)
From: simon nathan 
To: "amborn, heather" , "beasley, gary" 
, "Crist, Steve" , doris 
, "fergeson, harley" , 
"gegorovich, robbi& john" , "hirsch, ed" 
, Jules , 
"kocivar, bsn" , lELAND , 
Michaeland Paula , "Nathan, Nancy" 
, "nathan, roy" , "piva, 
esteban" , "Robison, Sean" , 
"sherwin, richard" , tak , 
tim 



Hey all


  FYI 
I'm wining in dining in this "place where I am trying to  rehabilitate
from one elevator door closing on me and 2 falls in Dec.  My cell phone # is
646 303-4436  . best time is after 8 or all weekend ,as those are when my
minutes are free. But of course I like to here from you all antime










Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:51:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edward Meyers 
To: Willem-Jan Markerink 
Subject: Re:Simon

Simon does not have e-mail. His address is:
Simon Nathan, Daughters of Israel
115 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, N.J. 07052   USA

Telephone is 973-731-5100

cel phone is 646-303-4436

Ed Meyers










Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:02:39 -0400
From: Gary Beasley 
Subject: Simon Nathon
To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au
Reply-To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au

For those of you that know Simon Nathon,I have some
sad news. Simon's daughter called the office this week and told
us Simon is really bad off  and wanted to get the news to as many of his
friends and  fellow photographers that she could.
Anyone desiring further information can contact Betty
at  the Hulcher company.  757-245-6190
Gary











Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 05:35:55 +0200
From: Willem-Jan Markerink 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan
To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au
Cc: photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu, eos@a1.nl, infrared@a1.nl
Reply-To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au

[originally posted to Panorama-List, CC to PhotoForum/EOS/IR]

On 21 Oct 2003 at 21:02, Gary Beasley wrote:

> For those of you that know Simon Nathan,I have some
> sad news. Simon's daughter called the office this week and told
> us Simon is really bad off  and wanted to get the news to as many of
> his friends and  fellow photographers that she could. Anyone desiring
> further information can contact Betty at  the Hulcher company. 
> 757-245-6190 Gary


I'll miss that guy, with his neverending recalcitrant 'stirring the 
pot' character, never too tired to step on some toes, even at his old 
age, and despite his growing handicaps....while digging a bit, I 
found this lovely note that says it all:

Goodbye dear friend.
With you dies part of an era of panorama photography.
A shame we never met, and 'only' exchanged nearly a hundred emails, 
mostly fun & educational, some serious, even finding a long-lost 
buddy of you in Holland along the way, Bart Mulder[*], another 
scholar/college/friend of famous Dutch panorama photograher Frits 
Rotgans.
Thank you for spending your precious time on the Panorama 
Mailinglist, and teaching the young ones.
I for sure will never forget you, it was a pleasure and an honor to 
have met you.

May your end be peaceful & quiet.

Goodbye dear friend.


CC to PhotoForum/EOS/IR, possibly some old nestors & friends of him 
around there too.

[*] many moons ago, I found a Hulcherama in a Dutch second hand 
shop....curious about it's low serial number, I wrote things down, 
and talked to Simon about it, knowing he was the spiritual father of 
the Hulcherama back then....the next day, after checking with the 
factory, he replied that the camera once belonged to his old but long-
lost friend Bart Mulder, and all this renewed the search for Bart 
(which we did find in the end, together with the help of Monica 
Rotgans, daugher of).
(sadly I can now not find any valid current email-address of either, 
to notify them about Simon's fate)




--                 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink

      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]










Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:41:01 -0400
From: Richard Schneider 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan
To: w.j.markerink@a1.nl, panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au
Cc: eos@a1.nl, infrared@a1.nl, photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu
Reply-To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au


With the recent passing of both Richard "Dick" Fowler and Edward Segal, and now
the news of Simon Nathan's poor condition, is now not the time to find some
method for preserving the knowledge and experience that these men (and many
others) had? 

While there have been many books published in recent years by contemporary
photographers (which I think is terrific), there has yet to be a book (or other
publication) truly devoted to the history of panoramic photography and the
people behind the images. 

When I was the editor of IAPP's magazine I tried to include as much history as
possible, but even this wasn't enough. Besides, photographer profiles were most
often about the organization's members whereas people like Simon Nathan and
Jerry Dantzic never joined. 

I would be willing to work with others out there to acquire, organize, preserve
and make available information on the history of panoramic photography (and
imaging) and the prople that made it all possible. If this is of interest to
you, please contact me directly at richard.schneider@nara.gov or you can call me
during business hours (in Maryland, USA) at 301-837-3617.

Thanks,
Richard








Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:16:24 -0400
From: "George S. Pearl" 
Subject: Simon Says...
To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au
Reply-To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au

Hello Group,
  I recently bought a stack of US Camera Magazine from the early 60's at an
  estate sale. I had written Simon about 2 months ago to let him know that I had
  these magazines and if he wanted any copied since he was in every one of them
  in his regular column of Simon Says... I never heard back from him, and I
  wondered why. Heck, I wrote the address words and numbers really BIG across
  the entire envelope just the way he did! It does sadden me to hear of Simons
  condition and I wish him well even though the outcome may look grim. 
He certainly has been a very sharing person throughout his life. Thank you
Simon. George S. Pearl, QPP www.AtlantaPAnorama.com










From: Willem-Jan Markerink 
To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au
Subject: (Fwd) Re: Simon Nathan (fwd)
Cc: bart.mulder@planet.nl, info@bartmulder.com
Reply-to: w.j.markerink@a1.nl
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:23:44 +0200

Forward to Pan-list.
(not your fault Monica, it's the pan list-server that doesn't set a 
proper 'reply-to-list' header sometimes (overruling the default 
'reply-to-author' that every mail itself contains))

Btw, found & wrote Bart Mulder again at bart.mulder@planet.nl and/or 
info@bartmulder.com (his site on http://www.bartmulder.com).

CC to Bart as well.

------- Forwarded message follows -------
Date sent:      	Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:11:48 +0200
To:             	w.j.markerink@a1.nl
From:           	Monica Rotgans 
Subject:        	Re: Simon Nathan (fwd)
Copies to:      	Edward Meyers ,
	photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu, mosersc@hotmail.com

Simon, uncle Simon to me, was indeed a remarkable, sometimes 
dificult, man without many scruples. I will remember him as one of 
the few colleagues my father shared his photographic ideas with 
although they were so opposite characters, as the man who sent me for 
years fantastic envelopes full of stamps and coloured postcards from 
all over the world, as the man who, to embarrassment of my mother, 
fell asleep on the living room floor after arriving in Amsterdam, who 
lived on coca-cola & whipped cream  and who still found the energy, 
despite his handicaps, to talk to Frits Rotgans granddaughter, my 
daughter, two years ago, organize contacts to push her in her study 
of photography. An ocean apart he will live as long as we remember 
him. monica rotgans







Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:57:21 -0400
From: Gary Beasley 
To: w.j.markerink@a1.nl
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan

Willem, I spoke with Simon,s daughter this morning and she
said that Simon had actually  improved a little which  
surprised everyone. She asked me if I could add her to
the pan mailing list and she would keep everyone updated
about Simon. She is collecting stories and anedotes from
people that knew Simon. I have forgotten how to add to
list,but her email is     nnathan@mindspring.com
Gary













Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 09:12:11 -0500
From: Gary Beasley 
Subject: [Fwd: Simon Says...]]
To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au
Reply-To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Simon Says...]
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 18:30:22 -0400
From: "Nancy Nathan" 
Reply-To: "Nancy Nathan" 
To: "Gary Beasley" , 
References: <3F989547.6050804@cox.net>

Hi Gary ,George
 
Thanx I think for putting me on the list and getting the word out about 
Simon. GOOD NEWS. He is being released from the hospital monday and will 
be living in NYC again Yea!! He will be about 10 minutes from me.Yea and 
he is doing a bit better. He is still  very sick but before they 
couldn't move him because he was too sick. Needless to say a shred of 
hope is huge!!. I'm not sure what to do with the e-mails and who sent 
what . I will figure it out. Ps pass  the news on and I will keep the 
updates coming if you like.
Nancy Nathan
Simon's #1 daughter also only daughter!!

How does a girl get to see a collection like that
US Camera.











Subject: good idea; history for pan lists? RE: LHHoF-Awards & RMS-lenses
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:47:11 -0600
From: "Monaghan, Robert" 
To: 


-----Original Message----- 
From: Willem-Jan Markerink [mailto:w.j.markerink@a1.nl] 
Sent: Tue 10/21/2003 11:07 PM 
To: Monaghan, Robert 
Subject: LHHoF-Awards & RMS-lenses

> Hi Bob,
>
> While in a sorrow mood (see posting about Simon Nathan on Pan list),
> and today being contacted by a 4x4/offroad friend in Namibia, who
> didn't know about the photo-side in my life (and asking about my Lens-
> Hacker-Hall-of-Fame Award[*]....;)), I was pondering about a postume
> award for Simon, and perhaps a link for this German fellow niche-
> gearhead, Klaus D. Schmitt:
>
> http://www.macrolenses.de/
>
>
> [*] put it now online at:
> 


Actually, I have a brief blurb at 

on his exploits with Bronica lenses, and so he is pretty well recognized as one of
the originals, well documented in Modern Photography columns he wrote over many
years ;-) 

I will try to do an update and add him to the lens hacker listings along with
the other fellow - my understanding is that he has recovered enough to get out
of the hospital, which is good news. On the pan list there was a suggestion that
we need to get somebody to get interviews with Simon and others as these folks
are being lost to us, and their early exploits and stories with them ;-(   I am
doing something like this for our campus radio club with a new mini-DV
recorder/camera, so it isn't rocket science  ;-) 

still catching up to overflowed mail that crashed our servers; I deleted a few
thousand virii and read over a thousand emails today (rainy day, catching up) -
I think the spammers are winning ;-(

regards bobm










From: "Nancy Nathan" 
To: "William" 
Subject: A card from Nancy Nathan
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 04:45:15 -0000


Dear William,

You have been sent a Jacquie Lawson card by
Nancy Nathan (nnathan@mindspring.com).

Please click on the following link to see your card.  If
your e-mail program has not displayed this as a link, then
please copy the following into the Address or Location bar
of your Internet browser.

Alternatively, please visit our website
(http://www.jacquielawson.com) and select the Pick Up Card
option in the menu. Then enter your 10-character card code,
which is:

5085087658

All Jacquie Lawson cards use Macromedia Flash. If you cannot
view the card, please visit the following site:

http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayerbutton/

to load the latest Flash player.  If after this you still
have problems viewing your card, please visit our Help
pages for further assistance:

http://www.jacquielawson.com/help.asp


Our ref: JLM191578 / 5085087658











Reply-To: "Nancy Nathan" 
From: "Nancy Nathan" 
To: "shimin" ,
	"=?utf-8?B?5p2OIOaZsA==?=" ,
	,
	"Willem-Jan Markerink" , ,
	, "Simon Nathan" ,
	"Richard" ,
	"Qadir Perez" , ,
	"nathan, roy" ,
	"Mickey Bass" ,
	"Metta D Cantlo" ,
	"Marjorie Koch" ,
	"Margarita Castaneda" ,
	"lELAND" , "Leah" ,
	"Kraus" , ,
	, ,
	"Jules" , ,
	"Jason D. Butler" ,
	"jane chillrud" ,
	"ida wyman" ,
	"Heather Amborn" , ,
	"Freida Sanders" ,
	"Fred Conrad" ,
	"fergeson, harley" , ,
	, ,
	"Crist, Steve" ,
	"Brian P Harris" ,
	"Bonnie Germon" ,
	"beasley, gary" ,
	"Angie Espinoza" , 
Subject: New Year's Wishes
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:04:42 -0500


      HAPPY NEW YEAR  and to Shimin and Family an early happy new year 
wish!!!

      2004- I am happy to say Heather will be here in 3 days(Yeah)
      Simon has moved to room 313 A.
      I had the pleasure of taking him for a spin in his wheel chair.on 
Christmas Day. A most wonderful gift.  I snuck him some mashed bananas 
and peanut butter. He loved it. He is practicing with a spoon and making 
great strides.  e-mail should be the same simonwide@earthlink.net.

      Hope you all have a health and peace filled  day and year
      Love Nancy

     









Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 18:58:17 -0400
From: "George S. Pearl" 
Subject: Fw: Are you OK?
To: pan360@smartgroups.com, panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au
Reply-To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au

Dear Panorama Photographers,
   I would like to pass on this news of Simon Nathan that I got from his
   daughter Nancy. Many of you have known Simon over the years and he has
   contributed many times to our email chat group. Seems that he is not doing
   too well these days, so if any of you would like to send him something, that
   would be nice. Please read the letter below. 
My best,
George S. Pearl, QPP
Atlanta Panorama

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Simon Nathan 
To: Simon Nathan 
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: Are you OK?


Hi George 
It is me Nancy Nathan. I am sorry I have not  written  to the chat room. I see
all the correspondence and am learning allot. As for my Dad he is not well. He
is pretty much bed bound and his memory is in and out. His humor ,Simon style is
in tact , so to speak . Sometimes I show him pictures of himself and he doesn't
know who he is but he can name the camera, lens and if it has an interchangeable
back. The mind is so fascinating. He is at a nursing home near me in Riverdale.
He thinks he is in some kind of room where visitors aren't allowed. They have
been  few  but from many parts of the country. Betty Giles of Hulcher posted the
news that Simon was sick and if anybody wanted to know to call me. Well I have
received several camera's , lenses and photo's from people everywhere. One man
sent back a camera Simon left there 12 years ago. I also have heard from Anne
Raymond of Dayton fame who used to baby-sit for me. It has been bittersweet.  He
is at Schervier Nursing Care center 
2975 Independence Ave
Riverdale Ny 1046
My number 1s 917312 6750.

I'm looking for anyone to write to me there most interesting time with Simon or
whatever. Those who didn't like him need not write.. I want to read some of them
at his memorial when the time comes.

Thanx Nancy

Anything you havethat you would be willing to part with I'd be happy to pay for
the shipping . More than that I can't manage. Let me know 









Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 01:55:26 +0200
From: Luca Vascon 
Subject: Re: Are you OK?
To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au
Cc: simonwide@earthlink.net
Reply-To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au

I did not know him... but I whish I did.
I'm only 29 bow, but I whish also I will have somedays, when it will be my turn,
someone who writes for me to all my mailfriends all over the world that it is my
time, when I'will not able to write my goodbye posts. A big kiss for both of you
from a new panoramic camera addict, in Venice, Italy.











Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 20:28:21 -0400
From: Nancy Nathan 
Subject: Re: Are you OK?
To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au
Reply-To: panorama-l@sci.monash.edu.au

George,
 Thanx  His zipcode is 10463 and room # is 313A. 
Nancy Nathan







Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 02:17:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edward Meyers 
To: Willem-Jan Markerink 
Subject: Re: Amsterdam

You know that Simon died last week. Ed









From: Willem-Jan Markerink 
To: Edward Meyers 
Subject: Simon Nathan 
Cc: info@monicarotgans.nl, wiskerke@xs4all.nl,
 bart.mulder@planet.nl, mosersc@hotmail.com,
 grbeasley@cox.net
Reply-to: w.j.markerink@a1.nl
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 22:15:43 +0200

On 30 May 2004 at 2:17, Edward Meyers wrote:

> You know that Simon died last week. Ed

No, sorry, haven't had real-time contact with Nancy lately. 
Wish I had known Simon 10 years earlier, might have met him on one of 
his last trips to Holland....

When exactly?
Any messages from Nancy or the Hulcher-guys in this context that I 
might have missed?
(my email hasn't worked 100% lately)

The world has lost a remarkable photographer....:((










Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 08:44:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edward Meyers 
To: Willem-Jan Markerink 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan 

In the 1960s to the 1980s Simon often came to my home for dinner.
In the 1970s he told me to pick up a friend of his from the local
airport and bring him to my home for dinner. So I brought Jeff Bremmer
to my home. Simon brought Jerry Brown, also for dinner. Bremmer
worked for NASA and Brown worked for Nikon. Over my dinner table
they discussed taking the Nikon camera into space.

Many things like this happened with Simon.  Ed










From: Willem-Jan Markerink 
To: nnathan@mindspring.com, Edward Meyers 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan 
Cc: info@monicarotgans.nl, wiskerke@xs4all.nl,
 bart.mulder@planet.nl, mosersc@hotmail.com,
 grbeasley@cox.net, "shimin" ,
 "æ æ°" , ,
 , ,
 "Simon Nathan" , "Richard" ,
 "Qadir Perez" , ,
 "nathan, roy" , "Mickey Bass" ,
 "Metta D Cantlo" , "Marjorie Koch" ,
 "Margarita Castaneda" , "lELAND" ,
 "Leah" , "Kraus" ,
 , ,
 , "Jules" ,
 , "Jason D. Butler" ,
 "jane chillrud" , "ida wyman" ,
 "Heather Amborn" , ,
 "Freida Sanders" , "Fred Conrad" ,
 "fergeson, harley" , ,
 , ,
 "Crist, Steve" , "Brian P Harris" ,
 "Bonnie Germon" , "beasley, gary" ,
 "Angie Espinoza" , 
Reply-to: w.j.markerink@a1.nl
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 20:12:24 +0200

On 31 May 2004 at 8:44, Edward Meyers wrote:

> in the 1960s to the 1980s Simon often came to my home for dinner.
> In the 1970s he told me to pick up a friend of his from the local
> airport and bring him to my home for dinner. So I brought Jeff Bremmer
> to my home. Simon brought Jerry Brown, also for dinner. Bremmer
> worked for NASA and Brown worked for Nikon. Over my dinner table
> they discussed taking the Nikon camera into space.
> 
> Many things like this happened with Simon.  Ed

It's comforting to know that his remarkable spirit even left some 
traces in outer space....:))

Goodbye dear friend, it was a privilege knowing you all these years, 
if only by email, and never in person sadly.












From: "ferguson, harley" 
To: 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan 
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 00:14:02 +0900

----- Original Message -----
From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" 
To: ; "Edward Meyers" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:12 AM
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan


> On 31 May 2004 at 8:44, Edward Meyers wrote:
>
> > in the 1960s to the 1980s Simon often came to my home for dinner.
> > In the 1970s he told me to pick up a friend of his from the local
> > airport and bring him to my home for dinner. So I brought Jeff Bremme=
r
> > to my home. Simon brought Jerry Brown, also for dinner. Bremmer
> > worked for NASA and Brown worked for Nikon. Over my dinner table
> > they discussed taking the Nikon camera into space.
> >
> > Many things like this happened with Simon.  Ed
>
> It's comforting to know that his remarkable spirit even left some
> traces in outer space....:))
>
> Goodbye dear friend, it was a privilege knowing you all these years,
> if only by email, and never in person sadly.
>
>


I remember parts of several stories Simon told me about his friend in
Holland. I think in one he "dropped in" on Christmas day. I could be wrong,
but I do remember he said many good things about you.

Harley Ferguson
Okie o' in Tokio









From: Willem-Jan Markerink 
To: "ferguson, harley" 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan 
Cc: nnathan@mindspring.com, edward Meyers ,
 info@monicarotgans.nl, Richard Schneider 
Reply-to: w.j.markerink@a1.nl
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:42:26 +0200

On 2 Jun 2004 at 0:14, ferguson, harley wrote:

> > On 31 May 2004 at 8:44, Edward Meyers wrote:
> >
> > > in the 1960s to the 1980s Simon often came to my home for dinner.
> > > In the 1970s he told me to pick up a friend of his from the local
> > > airport and bring him to my home for dinner. So I brought Jeff Bremmer
> > > to my home. Simon brought Jerry Brown, also for dinner. Bremmer
> > > worked for NASA and Brown worked for Nikon. Over my dinner table
> > > they discussed taking the Nikon camera into space.
> > >
> > > Many things like this happened with Simon.  Ed
> >
> > It's comforting to know that his remarkable spirit even left some
> > traces in outer space....:))
> >
> > Goodbye dear friend, it was a privilege knowing you all these years,
> > if only by email, and never in person sadly.
> >
>
> I remember parts of several stories Simon told me about his friend in
> Holland. I think in one he "dropped in" on Christmas day. I could be wrong,
> but I do remember he said many good things about you.
> 
> Harley Ferguson
> Okie o' in Tokio

Hi Harley,

While Simon & I exchanged long emails frequently over the last half 
decade, we never met in person, so if 'good things' & 'dropped in' 
were connected to the same occasion/person (and/or more than half a 
decade ago), it more likely was wide-angle/panorama guru Mr. Rotgans, 
one of Simon tutors[*]  

And in that context I remember a story from Mr. Rotgans' daughter, 
Monica:

xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Simon, uncle Simon to me, was indeed a remarkable, sometimes  
dificult, man without many scruples. I will remember him as one of 
the few colleagues my father shared his photographic ideas with 
although they were so opposite characters, as the man who sent me for 
years fantastic envelopes full of stamps and coloured postcards from 
all over the world, as the man who, to embarrassment of my mother, 
fell asleep on the living room floor after arriving in Amsterdam, who 
lived on coca-cola & whipped cream  and who still found the energy, 
despite his handicaps, to talk to Frits Rotgans granddaughter, my 
daughter, two years ago, organize contacts to push her in her study 
of photography. An ocean apart he will live as long as we remember 
him. monica rotgans  
xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[*] I sadly never met Mr. Rotgans either, so no real-world 
connections between Simon and me (other than a handful of snailmail 
letters/articles), only virtual (but I might meet his old friend (and 
fellow RIT classmate) Edward Meyers at the PhotoKina this year).
 

PS: I am almost tempted to create a small temporarily mailinglist, 
'Friends of Simon', to exchange stories over time, whenever someone 
remembers something new/untold.
(I believe that Richard Schneider also felt a strong urge to collect 
such things, as some kind of chronicle/autobiography, to save things 
from oblivion....such a wonderful explorative life, so little written 
down & archived)

CC to Nancy/Monica/Edward/Richard.







Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:10:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edward Meyers 
To: Willem-Jan Markerink 
Cc: "ferguson, harley" ,
	nnathan@mindspring.com, info@monicarotgans.nl,
	Richard Schneider 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan

Simon used to play
tricks on Dutch photographer Frits Rotgans. So one day
Simon and a few friends decided to visit Frits in Amsterdam.
Simon telephoned Frits and asked him to book some rooms in a
Hotel near Frits' home (Sarphatistraat). So now it was Frits'
turn to play tricks. Frits books them all into the Amstel
hotel, the most expensive (at that time in the 1960s) hotel
in Europe (or just about). I never remember seeing Frits smile.
This time I'm sure he did.  Ed










Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:32:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edward Meyers 
To: Willem-Jan Markerink 
Cc: "ferguson, harley" ,
	nnathan@mindspring.com, info@monicarotgans.nl,
	Richard Schneider 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan 


Here's another one.
Simon walked into my office at Pop Photo the day his column
was due (I was his editor). I ask, where is your column? He
answers, I started it, he replied. How much is done? I ask.
He says, "first word....The"...give me a typewriter...can
I have my check today?"

My telephone rings. I answer it. It's a famous P.R. person
from a big photo company. He says that he just received a
postcard from Simon which has the letters G S I Y H on it.
What does this mean, he asks me, as Simon is rolling in
laughter on the floor. (Go Shit In Your Hat). I answer,
George Santayana Is Your Hero. I saved the day, again.  Ed










Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 21:07:40 +0200
To: Edward Meyers 
From: Monica Rotgans 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan
Cc: nnathan@mindspring.com, w.j.markerink@a1.nl,
	bart.mulder@planet.nl, richard.schneider@nara.gov

At 20:10 01-06-2004, Ed wrote:

>Simon used to play
>tricks on Dutch photographer Frits Rotgans. So one day
>Simon and a few friends decided to visit Frits in Amsterdam.
>Simon telephoned Frits and asked him to book some rooms in a
>Hotel near Frits' home (Sarphatistraat). So now it was Frits'
>turn to play tricks. Frits books them all into the Amstel
>hotel, the most expensive (at that time in the 1960s) hotel
>in Europe (or just about). I never remember seeing Frits smile.
>This time I'm sure he did.  Ed


Frits also smiled when he succeeded in this:
there was a kind of bet that Simon was not ever to be visiting Marken, a 
very famous fisherman village in Holland, a real tourist-attraction. So one 
they, when Simon visited, we all got into the car and drove around, Simon I 
think in the front with Frits. he fell asleep (like always) and my father 
drove asap to Marken where he woke him up....................













From: "ferguson, harley" 
To: 
Cc: , "edward Meyers" ,
	,
	"Richard Schneider" 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan 
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:20:43 +0900

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" 
To: "ferguson, harley" 
Cc: ; "edward Meyers" ;
; "Richard Schneider" 
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan

> On 2 Jun 2004 at 0:14, ferguson, harley wrote:
>
> > > On 31 May 2004 at 8:44, Edward Meyers wrote:
> > >
> > > > in the 1960s to the 1980s Simon often came to my home for dinner.
> > > > In the 1970s he told me to pick up a friend of his from the local
> > > > airport and bring him to my home for dinner. So I brought Jeff Bremmer
> > > > to my home. Simon brought Jerry Brown, also for dinner. Bremmer
> > > > worked for NASA and Brown worked for Nikon. Over my dinner table
> > > > they discussed taking the Nikon camera into space.
> > > >
> > > > Many things like this happened with Simon.  Ed
> > >
> > > It's comforting to know that his remarkable spirit even left some
> > > traces in outer space....:))
> > >
> > > Goodbye dear friend, it was a privilege knowing you all these years,
> > > if only by email, and never in person sadly.
> > >
> >
> > I remember parts of several stories Simon told me about his friend in
> > Holland. I think in one he "dropped in" on Christmas day. I could be wrong,
> > but I do remember he said many good things about you.
> >
> > Harley Ferguson
> > Okie o' in Tokio
>
> Hi Harley,
>
> While Simon & I exchanged long emails frequently over the last half
> decade, we never met in person, so if 'good things' & 'dropped in'
> were connected to the same occasion/person (and/or more than half a
> decade ago), it more likely was wide-angle/panorama guru Mr. Rotgans,
> one of Simon tutors[*]
>
> And in that context I remember a story from Mr. Rotgans' daughter,
> Monica:
>
> xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Simon, uncle Simon to me, was indeed a remarkable, sometimes
> dificult, man without many scruples. I will remember him as one of
> the few colleagues my father shared his photographic ideas with
> although they were so opposite characters, as the man who sent me for
> years fantastic envelopes full of stamps and coloured postcards from
> all over the world, as the man who, to embarrassment of my mother,
> fell asleep on the living room floor after arriving in Amsterdam, who
> lived on coca-cola & whipped cream  and who still found the energy,
> despite his handicaps, to talk to Frits Rotgans granddaughter, my
> daughter, two years ago, organize contacts to push her in her study
> of photography. An ocean apart he will live as long as we remember
> him. monica rotgans
> xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> [*] I sadly never met Mr. Rotgans either, so no real-world
> connections between Simon and me (other than a handful of snailmail
> letters/articles), only virtual (but I might meet his old friend (and
> fellow RIT classmate) Edward Meyers at the PhotoKina this year).
>
>
> PS: I am almost tempted to create a small temporarily mailinglist,
> 'Friends of Simon', to exchange stories over time, whenever someone
> remembers something new/untold.
> (I believe that Richard Schneider also felt a strong urge to collect
> such things, as some kind of chronicle/autobiography, to save things
> from oblivion....such a wonderful explorative life, so little written
> down & archived)
>
> CC to Nancy/Monica/Edward/Richard.


Thank you, I remember now - - Frits Rotgans

Shortly after I met Simon in '75 he was at my house nodding off on the sofa.
My wife fixed the futon in our extra room and told him it was ready. In true
Simon fashion he said, No, I am fine here, and promptly went to sleep. From
my wife's Japanese point-of-view this was a real affront and he was never
really welcome at our house after that.

Harley













Reply-To: "Nancy Nathan" 
From: "Nancy Nathan" 
To: "Willem-Jan Markerink" ,
	"ferguson, harley" 
Cc: "edward Meyers" , ,
	"Richard Schneider" 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan 
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:19:28 -0400

> PS: I am almost tempted to create a small temporarily mailinglist,
> 'Friends of Simon', to exchange stories over time, whenever someone
> remembers something new/untold.
> (I believe that Richard Schneider also felt a strong urge to collect
> such things, as some kind of chronicle/autobiography, to save things
> from oblivion....such a wonderful explorative life, so little written
> down & archived)

Hi all ,

Thank-you so so much for your thoughts, stories ,well wishes.  Please send
more if you can,when you think of something.I'd love to put it all together
for myself , my daughter Heather(currently living in China Heather Amborn
hennaymobile@hotmail.com )and anyone who might enjoy a walk down memory lane
with Simon via these anectdotes.  I must admit I am learning more about my
dad who frequently was larger than life to me as a child and whose
idiosyncricies often enchanted,charmed and created confusion for me. These
past 2 years have been agift although difficult and exhausting. It seems
only fitting that his obit came out on the holiday  whose colors are red ,
whit and blue. For those of you that have ever seen his apt 79th street  ,
Simon had red , whit and blue everything.plates, sheets,towels, a pepsi
runner in the hallway ,red , white and blue basketball etc.

I miss him so very much and there is little i can do or see in NY that
doesn't remind me of something  or some story that involves my dad.

As for the idea of a ongoing "Friends of Simon" I would love it. I had
started to receive e-mails from people who wrote their most interesting or
favorite or silliest or??? with Simon. I have amassed quite a few.It just
needs to be mildly organized . The benefit is each of you may know people
that Simon knew and on. Six degrees?? I am without many phone numbers or
names of people who were friends of Simon any kind of list or reference
would be grand.  Please let me know  how to edit the list as some of my co
workers are on it and people who didn't know my dad . Afew thought the mail
was a virus DUH.


YES YES YES How can I help

 Love nancy nathan #1 daughter of the late great simon nathan











Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:25:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edward Meyers 
To: Nancy Nathan 
Cc: Willem-Jan Markerink ,
	"ferguson, harley" , info@monicarotgans.nl,
	Richard Schneider 
Subject: Re: Simon Nathan 

Simon was not speaking to Nancy and he refused to see
his recently born granddaughter, Heather. So, to make him
see his granddaughter I visited nancy and photographed
her with Heather, then I published the photo in Popular
Photography magazine, where he couldn't help but see it. Ed











From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" 
To: ferghc@d4.dion.ne.jp, nnathan@mindspring.com,
	edward Meyers , info@monicarotgans.nl,
	Richard Schneider 
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:00:22 +0200
Subject: "Simon Nathan, Photographer/Writer/Inventor"
Reply-To: w.j.markerink@a1.nl
Cc: w.j.markerink@a1.nl, wiskerke@xs4all.nl, bart.mulder@planet.nl

For those of you outside USA/NY:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=simon+nathan&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=4rCuc.9257%24DG4.5013%40fe2.columbus.rr.com&rnum=1
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Bill Schenley (straycat@ma.rr.com)
Subject: Simon Nathan, Photographer/Writer/Inventor
This is the only article in this thread
View: Original Format
Newsgroups: alt.obituaries
Date: 2004-05-31 01:56:53 PST

FROM:  The New York Times ~

Simon Nathan, a photographer and writer whose "Simon Sez"
columns in popular photography magazines kept professionals
and hobbyists up to date with the innovations of camera
makers after World War II, died on May 19 in the Bronx. He
was 82.

A longtime Manhattan resident, he died in a nursing home in
Riverdale, said his daughter, Nancy Nathan. His most recent
residence was in East Orange, N.J.

Mr. Nathan began writing his column in the 1950's, when
Japanese cameras were first making their way to America to
challenge advanced German models. Appearing in Popular
Photography, Modern Photography and other magazines, the
column, which gained a reputation for keen reporting of
technical breakthroughs, was an opinionated guide to new
equipment that also offered tips on how to shoot various
subjects.

Mr. Nathan also produced a number of books for Fawcett
during the 1950's, including "Good Photography's 35mm
Handbook," "Good Photography's Darkroom Guide" and "Camera
in Paris."

He was particularly interested in panoramic photography, a
field that caught his attention while working for the Flying
Tigers freight line. Faced with the challenge of
photographing cargo planes, he worked with camera builders
on a hand-held camera capable of producing undistorted
large-format pictures.

He later applied his panoramic techniques on assignment to
make photographic stills for Hollywood epics like
"Waterloo," and "Khartoum" as well as for nine James Bond
films. A 1989 panoramic photo of the United Nations, taken
from the Fuji blimp, appears on a United Nations postage
stamp.

Simon Morris Nathan was born on July 28, 1921, in Westview,
Pa., and graduated from the University of Dayton.

His marriage to Ida Wyman ended in divorce. Besides his
daughter, Nancy, of Riverdale, he is survived by his son,
David, of Birmingham, Ala.; his sisters, Marjorie Koch and
Patricia Sloan, both of Montgomery, Ala.; his brothers,
Robert of Huntsville, Ala., and David of California; and a
grandchild.

---

More:

http://www.worldsamplers.com/gallery/simon.htm (w/photo)

http://www.phototechmag.com/previous-articles/2002/ground-zero/nathan.htm

--                 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink

      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]














From: "ferguson, harley" 
To: "Nancy Nathan" ,
	"? ?" ,
	"WonYongKOREA" ,
	"Roger Williams" ,
	"Luca Vascon" , ,
	"tak" ,
	"Charles Tait" ,
	"Michael Stoll" , ,
	"Helga Spears" ,
	"Florene Sona" , ,
	"Sam Sneed" ,
	"Dink Singer" ,
	"shimin" , ,
	"Soyr Qu" ,
	"Taketomo Onda" ,
	"nathan, roy" ,
	"Steven Morton" ,
	"Willem-Jan Markerink" ,
	"Jook Leung" , "lELAND" ,
	"Kraus" , "Marjorie Koch" ,
	"Marge Koch" ,
	"Paul Hosefros" ,
	"Bonnie Germon" ,
	"Jim Elder" ,
	"Makiko Eda" ,
	"Jane Hanstein Cunniffe" ,
	"virginia conte" ,
	"Metta D Cantlo" ,
	"beasley, gary" , 
Subject: Re: Emailing: viewtopic.htm
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:41:38 +0900

Hi Nancy,

I only know one Bond film for sure - You only live twice - the one filmed in
Japan. One of the last movies he did for Lee ?? was Escape to Victory, the
Stallone WWII soccer film - POWs vs. German guards. It was filmed in Buda,
or Pest, I ain't sure.

This was during the time Simon and I had matching Olympus microcassette
recorders (Simon bought both) and were exchanging tapes. Simon ran out of
batteries and bought a set in Budapest. He barely got one tape recorded
before they died.

I remember him telling me about doing a film in Moscow which I think was a
Bond film. Anybody remember which one?

I just remembered -- Lee Green who is no longer with us, but his wife may
be. They lived in far south California, or actually in Baja California I
think.

Harley









From: Willem-Jan Markerink 
To: wiskerke@xs4all.nl, bart.mulder@planet.nl,
 info@monicarotgans.nl, edward Meyers ,
 "Nancy Nathan" , "? ?" ,
 "WonYongKOREA" , "Roger Williams" ,
 "Luca Vascon" , ,
 "tak" , "Charles Tait" ,
 "Michael Stoll" , ,
 "Helga Spears" , "Florene Sona" ,
 , "Sam Sneed" ,
 "Dink Singer" , "shimin" ,
 , "Soyr Qu" ,
 "Taketomo Onda" , "nathan, roy" ,
 "Steven Morton" , "Jook Leung" ,
 "lELAND" , "Kraus" ,
 "Marjorie Koch" , "Marge Koch" ,
 "Paul Hosefros" , "Bonnie Germon" ,
 "fergeson, harley" , "Jim Elder" ,
 "Makiko Eda" , "Jane Hanstein Cunniffe" ,
 "virginia conte" , "Metta D Cantlo" ,
 "beasley, gary" , 
Subject: Notes about Simon on Nikon Historical Society
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:04:27 +0200

http://p200.ezboard.com/fnikonhistoricalsocietyfrm2.showMessage?topicID=689.topic

http://makeashorterlink.com/?W55826B88

• Synopsis of the life of Simon Nathan; a good friend, ground-breaking panorama photographer, gear-head and spiritual father of the Hulcherama @WorldSamplers.COM
• Last article from Simon Nathan in PhotoTechniques, about Ground Zero/NY @PhotoTechMag.COM

  Simon Nathan in memoriam:

• In memoriam @ArtDaily.COM
• In Memoriam @ChicagoTribune.COM (no longer viewable for free, articles older than 1 week are payware, sadly)
• Simon Nathan in James Bond context (movie still photography!) @MI6.CO.UK (with reactions/forum)
• In-Memoriam @BlogOfDeath.COM (with reactions/forum)
• In-Memoriam @MI6Forums.CO.UK (with reactions/forum)
• In-Memoriam @p200.EZboard.COM/FNikonHistoricalSocietyFRM2