GOWLAND
PHOTOGRAPHY
children
Peter Gowland himself
Peter Gowland		 Bobby Diamond with ice cream sundae
Bobby Diamond
Alice shot this black and white portrait of Peter on left. It was immediately before Peter had photographed child actor Bobby Diamond. Peter thinks children are usually difficult subjects, however Bobby was a real professional. Alice, as usual, handled the props. Notice how great Alice's portrait of Peter is. It is from a superbly sharp 4x5 negative. Her awareness of posing and lighting proved masterful.
  
Ann with kitten
Ann Gowland		 Ann as Pilgrim holds pumpkin
Ann Gowland		 Ann sneaks brownie
Ann Gowland
Ann in fur hat
Ann Gowland

boy portrait on chair back
"National Amateur Snapshot Contest"

Winner: David Fergusen

Los Angeles Times Sunday

22 September 1940

 

 Mary Lee Gowland pulls up stocking
Mary Lee Gowland     33x40
go cart
Peter built this soap-box car in 1939. He won a prize for the photo. 		child on swing
taken with a $12 Vest Pocket Kodak
Popular Photography magazine cover
February 1948     Ann Gowland		 infant under blanket
infant under blanket, 1950		 Better Homes & Gardens August 1961 cover
in the Gowlands' pool, August 1961
Fred & Ann help each other bite an apple
Fred Hathaway and Ann Gowland		 Ricky Boswell and Ann Gowland
Ricky Boswell and Ann Gowland
Fred & Ann drink milk and eat sandwiches
Fred Hathaway and Ann Gowland
Kitten Ann Gowland
Ann Gowland		 Bobby Diamond with baseball bat
Bobby Diamond
Bobby shaves
Bobby Diamond		 Ann Gowland and Bobby Diamond
Mary Lee Gowland and Bobby Diamond		 Bobby eats spaghetti
Bobby Diamond
  
Ann Gowland in bathtub
Ann Gowland		 girl under floppy hat crosses legs
Ann's daughter Tracy		 Mary Lee with puppy
Mary Lee Gowland
girl holding rope
Mia Svendsen		 two pals
Mia Svendsen and sister Randi
Mia has an MBA and is the mother of two. Randi has a degree in Electronic Engineering.
Ann Gowland greets shore
Ann Gowland		 Ann waters flowers and chats with toy dweller
In 1942, Alice gave birth to Ann, left.   In 1949 Peter gave birth to this little red playhouse for Ann. As with all his projects, he made step-by-step photographs for submission to magazines.   Better Homes and Gardens liked Peter's clever pre-fab design and published a small booklet for their subscribers.   Ann was happy. Peter was happy, and Alice was happy with the big fat check!
Ann Gowland salute Harolds Opera
Ann Gowland did not pursue a modeling career but did "stand in" in model's costume in set for a Las Vegas night club.		 Ann jump on bed
Ann posed for an action stock picture which was sold to Agfa for only $25. Agfa now owns the negative.
Link to filmography of Ann Gowland
Mary Lee looks into fish bowl
At age three Mary Lee was a very good actress and could get the mood of any situation.		 Mary Lee Gowland caresses Gowlandflex camera
Mary Lee Gowland did not pursue a modeling career but did try to help her dad sell cameras.
seated with cat
Mary Lee Gowland		 The Guest
A book of 47 poems and drawings of the 60's by
Mary Lee Gowland with a preface by Anais Nin
book price    $5.00 plus S&H   $2 US Post
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"In The Garden"  (sample poem)

When the din of our overused
conversations
becomes too dissonant for my ears
I retreat beneath a tree
and let the rustling wind
brush my worried thoughts away.
When I shrink untrusting
from those men who disappoint me
those women with problems of their own
when I'm lonely I turn to God
always with me
constant in the face of change
yet always new and unexplored. 		PG382G7i
Mary Lee with her mother, Alice
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