John Fass: Book Arts and Photography

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  • Part One:
    Photography by John Fass:

    John's First Photographs

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  • 1929: John Fass does Europe
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The Hammer Creek near Lititz, PA

Photography by John Fass

 

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Above: John's brother-in-law Clarence Wert, along the Hammer Creek.
(Clarence was a printer at the Lancaster Press, and was married to John's sister Esther.)

 

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Lancaster County was a muse to John Fass' creativity, and the Hammer Creek was a symbol of that inspiration.

John Fass named his private press the Hammer Creek Press, for this stream that flowed near his home town.  His Hammer Creek pressmark was a turtle, symbolizing slow and deliberate craftsmanship. The Hammer Creek represented life in the slow lane, far from the fast pace of life in Manhattan.

 

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Above:  Covered Bridge over the Hammer Creek

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Above:  Stone arches at a mill along the Hammer Creek

This mill and the covered bridge, above, were featured as wood engravings in  John Fass' 1956 book A Primer of Life Along the Hammer Creek.  The engravings were by John's friend John DePol.

 

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Above:  John Fass perched above the Hammer Creek

 


Black and White Photographs of the Hammer Creek by John Fass circa 1951:

 

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