Josiah Preston Halstead Photo Gallery by Deems Burton at pbase.com

Josiah Preston Halstead

Josiah (1957-1982)
Josiah was my friend in my youth. He had incredible depth and personality within himself, showed an exuberance of enthusiasm in his daily life, and he glimpsed a rare understanding of my own peculiar life. Rarely are we rewarded with such a soul, artist, muse, mentor, human spirit, or friend to share our days, memories, questions, and daily life. Josiah's life was tragically cut short in youth, but his memories, friendship, spirtual gifts, and inspiration live within everyone that has been touched by him. Josiah is one of the few great human spirits that walked the Earth, and I knew him as my friend.

Many of these photos were put together by Jim "Bear" Robertson, me, and Craig Lamb in 2000 to share with Josiah's Mom and family. After Joe left us, we were left with only memories, and our photos. These Josiah photos are a treasure worth sharing.

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:: Josiah's Photography ::	:: Photos of Josiah by his Friends ::	The Josiah sunset	Bear
Craig and me at Portland Arch	Josiah swinging at Portland Arch	Josiah at Portland Arch	Josiah at Portland Arch SP, IND
Josiah and me stacking crates	Josiah staking crates	Me dressed up for a '50s party, in the 1970s	Dave smoked way too much in his younger days
Me and Josiah at Giant City SP, Illinois	Josiah at Giant City SP, Illinois	Josiah at Giant City SP, Illinois	Josiah and me at Giant City SP, Illinois
Josiah traversing the Panther's Den	Josiah traversing the Panther's Den	Bear on the Traverse across Panther's Den,	Josiah traversing the Panther's Den
Josiah traversing the Panther's Den	Josiah in Wyoming	Josiah with his Jeunet bike in Carbondale, Illinois	Josiah and his Lemans
Josiah and his Lemans	Josiah and me, and Ole Yeller	Dave Rhoades and Josiah	Josiah at Mesa Falls, Idaho
Josiah at Mesa Falls, Idaho	Lonnie Adams, Josiah, and Dave Krohn at Mesa Falls	Josiah	Josiah peeking into a rustic cabin
Shootout at the Josiah Corral	Josiah and a steam donkey in Wy	Josiah spelunking in Southern Indiana	Josiah is going down into a cave in southern Indiana
Josiah the caveman	Our Eipperformance hanglider, like 1973	Our Eipperformance hanglider, like 1973	Yes Officer, I have a license to be stupid
Craig and Josiah at Warren Dunes SP, Mich	Josiah as a Messiah	Josiah in his cave in Carbondale	Josiah at the 1978 Hilly 100
Josiah at the 1978 Hilly 100	Craig rapelling off the Java Coffee Shop in Laf	Craig rapelling off the Java Coffee Shop in Laf	Bear calling Josiah in Tennant
Dan Halstead, and Marjorie Halstead with Josiah Portrait	Steve Darnell and his 1957 Chevy Truck	The Great Waz and the Wazmobile	1957 Chevrolet Belair
1969 Kawasaki F2 175cc motorcycle	Hilly 100 1993	Bicycle Tour of Colorado 1995	1971 BMW R60/5 motorcycle
Storm on Sheep Mountain	Bear hiking up Dinwoody Basin in the Wind Rivers	Josiah and Craig Lamb at Courthouse fountain	Gretchin, Doug and Craig
Josiah's Bender 4x5 Camera	Josiah in the Chrysler Bldg Lobby 405

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Richard Halstead		09-Jan-2015 00:19
Deems, that storm at sheep mountain is amazing. Can't imagine how you got that. On the proof sheet in Josiah's photos I can tell you that the girl with him in #5 and #6 is Rena Wigoda and the other fellow was a truck driver who gave them a ride when they were hitch-hiking. It's obviously an early form of the "selfie". #4 was an image that he obviously posed for and took of himself. I know the photographers he admired at that time and the feeling he was trying to get. We talked a lot about it and I can tell you that he deliberately positioned that bicycle and created a slightly unsettling feeling with the pose, the clothes, the facial expression and the composition. I know he was interested in Grant Wood's "American Gothic" painting of the farmer and his wife (Art Institute of Chicago) which has a similar feeling.

Guest		27-May-2013 04:10
I am with John Halstead, Josiah's oldest brother. What a testimony to Josiah's life and his zest for life. Thank you for this. It enables me to share in a more real way some of the grief and loss that John feels now and the rest of his life. Thank you Deems Burton. Ann Stephenson-moe

The Third Side		03-Nov-2009 13:03
Nice gallery and tribute, Deems.

Mike Raso		17-Feb-2009 21:01
Josiah was a friend of mine at Jeff and if memory serves, we were in a yearbook photo together (Physics, Junior Year). I heard somewhere he left us under tragic circumstances. I remember him fondly. I believe I also remember Craig Lamb- trumpet player? Mike Raso

Chris Griffin		17-Aug-2008 04:10
Wow!!!! I am Josiah's second cousin and just returned today from our Halstead Family farm meeting. I stopped by to see his mom, my Great Aunt Marge, on the way home and I had the family and Josiah on my mind. I happened to google his name tonight and I found this. What a great memoir. He was so full of life, what a loss, I miss him dearly.

Jim Robertson		02-Jan-2007 04:49
Hey Deems, It's Jim. Picture #3 "? and Josiah is Dave Rhoades. Photo taken at Snider Basin in wyoming. Dave is the guy I went to New Zealand with. Picture #4, 5 & ^ are at Mesa Falls on the targhee (near Island Park/Ashton, Idaho). Picture #6 left is Lonnie Adams (my friend from Texas). and Right is Dave Krohn (from Michigan). Lonnie & I worked with Dave Krohn in Idaho & Wyoming

Terri Steele		13-Dec-2006 20:59
Wonderful memorial gallery Deems. Nice work.

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