Smithsonian Associates -- Steve Martin ("Born Standing Up"):
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Description of Pictures: Steve Martin, a Seriously Funny Guy: Who is Steve Martin? Is he a wild and crazy guy? Is he a comedian who knows how to wear an arrow through his head? Is he a graceful man with out-of-control happy feet? Or is he the 2005 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor who holds the record for guest appearances on TV's Saturday Night Live and is an Emmy Award-winning comedian, celebrated writer, actor, and performer?
In a word, yes. Tonight Martin talks about the many facets of his remarkable career, which he began at age 10 selling guidebooks at Disneyland. He went on to perform his first magic/comedy act a dozen times a week, honing his skills in live performance. He studied philosophy in college, which found its way into his offbeat stand-up routine. He also became an accomplished banjo player, screen writer, art collector, and regular contributor to The New Yorker.
The multifaceted, sublimely talented Martin makes you laugh and think at the same time. And he makes no excuses for that.
Martin's book "Born Standing Up" is available for sale and signing.
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2005_DC_Martin_051023 DC -- Kennedy Center -- Mark Twain Prize (2005 -- Steve Martin)
Pachter, Marc appears on:
2012_DC_SSHP_121218 Smithsonian -- Smithsonian Staff Holiday Party (2012) @ Reynolds Center
2012_DC_Jordan_120409 Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Talk: Vernon Jordan (Living Self-Portrait)
2012_DC_Watershed_120324 Env Film Festival (2012) -- "Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West" (w/Marc Pachter, Mark Decena, James Redford, Sandra Postel, Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta, Edith Santiago, and Robert Redford) @ Natl Museum of Amer History
2009_MD_Marcel_091209 Washington Jewish Film Festival (2009) @ AFI -- "Marcel Reich-Ranicki -- Author of Himself" (w/Dror Zahavi and Katharina Trebitsch)
2007 photos: Equipment this year: I used the Fuji S9000 almost exclusively except for the period when it broke and I had to send it back for repairs. In August, I bought a Canon Rebel Xti, my first digital SLR (vs regular digital) which I tried as well but I wasn't that excited by it.
Trips this year: Two weeks down south (including Graceland, Shiloh, VIcksburg, and New Orleans), a week at a time share in Costa Rica over my 50th birthday, a week off for a family reunion in the Wisconsin Dells (with sidetrips to Dayton, Springfield, and Madison), a week in San Diego for the Comic-Con with a side trip to Michigan for two family reunions, a drive up to Niagara Falls, a couple of weekend jaunts including the Civil War Preservation Trust Grand Review in Vicksburg, and a December journey to three state capitols (Richmond, Raleigh, and Columbia). I saw sites in 18 states and 3 other countries this year -- the first year I'd been to more than two other countries since we lived in Venezuela when I was a little toddler.
Ego strokes: A photo that I took at the National Archives was used as the author photo on the book jacket for David A. Nichols' "A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution." I became a volunteer photographer at both Sixth and I Historic Synagogue and the Civil War Preservation Trust (later renamed "Civil War Trust")..
Number of photos taken this year: 225,000.