So much fun - thank you for including me in this exciting and meaningful project !!

Dan is a remarkable man and a dear friend deep in my inner circle. If I was in trouble, he'd be one of the first to come to my aid. Likewise, he has an ARMY of friends who would do the same for him, whether he knows that or not. All of this has nothing to do with Leica, but everything to do with him as a human. As for Leica, one would be hard pressed to find a dealer who would care for them personally as Dan always does. Great video, you captured him well!

What a fabulous interview! And therewithin, every reason why I consider Dan such a treasured friend and invaluable Leica resource... Dan's the real deal - genuine, honest and always entertaining. Thank you for posting! Cheers!

Love Dan’s passion, I try to see him each time I am in Chicago. He always treats me as if I was his number one customer.

I dealt with Stan a long time ago but honestly Dan has taken things to the next level , and he is a remarkable person . Thanks for helping him shine

Really enjoyed this episode. I gotta visit Tamarin the next time I'm in Chi-town.

Nice going both of you!! loved the interview!!

Very insightful. And it's true: do what you enjoy doing. Then you will succeed.

Dan is great!! so much knwledge and so much joy!! thank you for this video.

Enjoyed the enriching interview and listening to the history of Tamarkin Camera. Visited and attended auctions at their NYC establishment quite a few times while living in DC back in the late 80's and always impressed with the impeccable customer service and friendliness.

Fantastic interview of an incredible man! The family photos you included are wonderful too! Love it!

Dan is da man.....

Met Dan last year at the LSI meeting in Wetzlar. Nice fellow with lots of energy.

I’ve met Dan on several occasions but I didn’t know his background. Thanks for sharing his story with us.

Thanks for posting. I have visited Tamarkin a couple of times. Always a nice experience. Enjoyed them and looking forward to visiting again (I am from out of state).

@dan you nailed it when you described your definition of the American Dream.

Great interview, great guy

Excellent video!

Great interview, does anyone know how Eric Bohman is these days? He is in one of the early photos in the video of when Eric worked with Stan Tamarkin at the store in NYC. Eric used to be program manager for the Leica Historical Society back in those days. Great fellow. I will always remember Stan Tamarkin coming to the LHSA meetings back in those days and bringing some interesting Leica equipment to view. And I did not know Dan Black was also your uncle! I remember him at the LHSA swap meets as well.

Maybe next time some different intro music 😮

In addition to getting straight A’s and not doing drugs how about Don’t Stand On Your Leica.

Hello Charlice. Are you familiar with another Photography KZfaqr who has a channel called 'Paulie B'?; his is the Photography channel I have most enjoyed viewing; he approaches street-photographers while they're out taking photos in NYC, during which he interviews them. There's one episode where he meets and interviews a street-photographer who uses a large-format analog camera for Street-Photography 😂, I highly recommend that channel for you. One of the topics of discussion on KZfaq photography channels is how digital photography has rendered the younger generation who have only ever known digital cameras lazy and undisciplined shooters in that they are trigger-happy and shoot indiscriminately thus end up with hundreds of photos by the end of a few hours of shooting. Because of my foundation in analog photography, it taught me to be very disciplined and discerning when it comes to pressing the shutter-release because a roll of 35mm film has limited amount of exposures, in my case it was 24 exposures because it was easier to load onto the spool inside the light sealed bag which were small. Whereas those who have only ever known digital photography they have the freedom to shoot indiscriminately as memory cards can hold thousands of RAW images; plus they can also afford to make as many mistakes as they want because they can delete and re-shoot. Whereas those who learned the craft from analog cameras, they had to get the exposure right due to limited exposures on a roll of film. Which brings me to another topic which is related to this topic, ie the major technological advances with digital cameras more specifically their in-built light-meters, they are so much more sophisticated than the basic Centre-Weighted meters that are to be found in the old manual-focus SLRs, considering how primitive they were compared to what's inside a Nikon Z9. Using old manual-focus SLRs required the photographer to manually measure the light falling on their subject, whereas contemporary digital cameras have light-meters that do all the calculations for you. Because I learned analog photography, I had to learn how to calculate the correct exposure to get the desired effect I wanted, this involved me using the 'Zone System', it is a scientific method of calculating exposure to achieve a desired effect. This system was devised by a group of American photographers who called themselves 'The f64 Group', they were based in L.A, this was about 80 years ago. Among them was a prominent photographer namely Ansel Adams. I eventually after struggling learned how to employ the Zone System in my photography, this knowledge and craft has sadly disappeared because the sophistication of digital photography means that one can hit and hope by making a dozen or so exposures at different aperture and shutter-speed settings and one of them will turn out to be the right one. Considering all the above points, I am proud of the grounding and discipline that analog photography instilled in me; hence why I don't suffer from the problem of indiscriminately firing off the shutter-release, even though the option is available to me with a digital camera, I still remain disciplined. Back in the days when I used to go out with my film SLR, there were times when I returned home with maybe 5 exposures, while many of my contemporaries would shoot a roll of 36 in a matter of hours.