Some of the biggest challenges that we run into, obviously, it's a plant. So trying to get plants to grow when you want them to is always a challenge. There are years that the tulips don't get enough of a cold season and won't bloom as well. There are times when there's a problem with the ball, and that whole type of daffodil I was expecting to see doesn't come up. There's also the huge challenge of hoping I can get everything to bloom at the same time. I can sing to them. I can dance to them. It really doesn't matter. They're on their own. What we do is mess with the temperatures to hopefully try to speed them along. Then if they're going too fast, to drop the temperatures back down to a cooler area to slow them down so they're ready for the show.

Challenges

Interview conducted by James McQuaid, February 1, 1977.

This interview was produced as part of an oral history project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Photo: Abraham Aronow (American, b. 1940). "Brett Weston," ca. 1988. Courtesy of Department of Photography/George Eastman Museum. Gift of the photographer.

The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19.

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this audio do not necessarily represent those of the Institute of Library Sciences or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Silver Voices: Brett Weston Interview (Feb. 2, 1977)[Part 2]

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Carole Kismaric, April 17-21, 1978.

Introduction by Meghan L Jordan, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Photography, George Eastman Museum. Recorded October 2022.

This interview was produced as part of an oral history project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Photo: Bernard Gotfryd (American, 1924–2016). "André Kertész," January 26, 1983. Courtesy of Department of Photography/George Eastman Museum.

The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19.

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this audio do not necessarily represent those of the Institute of Library Sciences or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Generous support for the introduction provided by Art Bridges, and made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: NEH CARES.

Silver Voices

Silver Voices: André Kertész Interview(1978), Introduction by Meghan L. Jordan

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Challenges

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