What’s Going on Here?
Who, what, where, when, and why….we’d appreciate any information that will help us identify what’s going on in this photograph plucked from the archives of Baker Library.
Please contact us at bulletin@hbs.edu, or HBS Alumni Bulletin, Teele Hall 361, Soldiers Field, Boston, MA 02163.
We’ll update you on what we have learned in the next issue. Thank you!
LAST ISSUE’S LAST LOOK: When we first saw this photo, the seemingly tense drama in a parklike setting suggested Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film Blow-Up to our fervid imaginations. But Carol Fishman Cohen (MBA ’85) set us straight: “My husband’s first cousin, Andrew Rogal, is the person in the foreground. He was not an HBS student. Rather, his wife at the time was hired as a photographer for end-of-year HBS events, and Andrew showed up to see how things were going. The identity of the guy in back is in question. Was he an HBS student, or was he an assistant helping the photographer carry her bags? The metal case was for the camera equipment, and the canvas bag was for the film, etc. Photographers needed to carry a lot more with them back in the good old days of 1979, when this picture was taken.”
