Watt Espy's Office

Mark Jenkinson took these six images of Watt Espy for an article that was published in Esquire Magazine back in the mid-90s. Mark teaches photography classes at NYU in New York City and maintains a getaway cabin in Woodstock, NY, which is about 30 minutes from Albany.  Mark said he enjoyed getting to know Uncle Watty, and he thought a lot of him. 

"The most interesting story I have about meeting Watt was that I mentioned an inmate that I had photographed in Maryland that was the only person I believed to be innocent (I've photographed over 200 Death Row inmates). Watt immediately knew exactly who I was talking about and pulled a file on him.  As I read the file I knew that the inmate had conned me.  He was guilty as hell of a horrific and brutal sex crime. Watt's knowledge of every single case was encyclopedic."      
                                                                                                                            Mark Jenkinson

What's interesting is that all these years later, Mark uses the negatives from the original photos to teach his students high-resolution scanning.  Three of these are the most recent scans he did in one of his classes.  Thanks Mark!