September 21, 2005
Elijah Cobb’s Home and Studio
Cody, Wyoming

Arrived back in Cody early this afternoon with a broken camera and an invite from the photographer, Elijah Cobb to park the Airstream outside his studio and use his darkroom to get my film processed.
But first the camera must be fixed. The mount that the tripod screws into has come loose ( stripped threads that hold it in place) and where can we find a camera repair guy in Wyoming. I figured a machine shop could do the jog as well and a hell of a lot cheaper so we calld Marty MacLennan owner, of Park County RV Inc. He had done such a great job on the brakes I was sure he would know of a machine shop who could fix the camera.
Sure enough there was one right across the street from him so off we went. Arrived at C&C Welding around 3pm and met Charles Wittick the owner. I showed Charles the problem and explained I was desperate need of the camera now! Charles introduced us to Jeff Marvicsin, his machine shop expert and within in minutes Jeff was at work drilling out the old screws and by 3:30 the camera was better than ever! So I high recommend
C&C Welding
North Blackburn Street
Cody, Wyoming
307-527-5729
As with Marty the folks at C&C went out of their way to get the problem fixed right away so I could keep on working.
Then it was off to meet Elijah.
Elijah Cobb came to Cody about 11 years ago after 18 years in New York and still have a great deal of the old New York City Energy, but is a gentle soul. He spends his days here doing some commercial work but has focused on his fine art work and I felt an immediate kinship with him. His studio is a whimsical place, with wildly imaginative, artistic vignettes of found objects of every description. Mummified birds, elephant skulls and a deer’s backbone with the skull still attached lay waiting for Elijah to add his ingenious colored lights to them and make his photographs.
After a brief get to know you I was ushered into the darkroom and among trays full of drying deer skulls and buckets of soaking antlers I went to work.

Jeff Marvicsin at work on my camera

fine art of camera repair

Elijah’s Darkroom

detail

Camp at Elijah’s