Should you may look backward via the lens of the digital camera that captured essentially the most memorable moments of my profession, you’d see the attention of photographer Bob Caccamise.
However now, unhappy to say, Bob is retiring.
”It is like Simon and Garfunkel breaking apart, you realize, it is much like that,” Bob mentioned. ”Or it might be like ’Bonnie and Clyde’ breaking apart.”
His wit and expensive friendship have made my work really feel like something however. We have been partnered for the higher a part of 30 years now, and travelled to each nook of the nation, masking the unusual and somber.
And to suppose all of it started with an opportunity assembly at an organization vacation celebration.
”And he (Hartman) was sitting down by himself as a result of nobody appreciated him, and I mentioned to him, ’If you need a cameraman, I am your man,'” Bob mentioned.
I used to be drawn to his humility. However working with him wasn’t a lot about his uncooked expertise as a cameraman, it was simply enjoyable.
”However the uncooked expertise was undoubtedly there,” Bob mentioned.
We have been informed we’re like an outdated married couple. And I do know lots of you possibly can relate. The truth is, this week we put out a name on Fb asking to listen to from different ”work spouses.” Lots of chimed in, and the relationships they describe sounded an terrible lot like ”actual” marriages.
”You do not actually have to elucidate sure issues, they simply know what you are considering,” one responder mentioned.
Individuals have all the time informed me I’ve greatest job in America, and it is true, however not for the explanation everybody assumes. Moderately, it is as a result of each week, I’ve had Bob by my aspect to share the expertise.
”We began out as work pals and we turned greatest pals,” Bob mentioned.
And that half won’t ever change.