Virna haffer biography married

This Utopian enclave on Puget Sound near Tacoma, attracted many political and social radicals who created an environment that was suited to the personalities of her father, a labor union organizer and her mother, a teacher. While attending Stadium High School in Tacoma, she lived in her own apartment and began supporting herself financially from the age of fifteen.

A substantial collection of his photographs in her estate indicates that the two were probably acquaintances at the very least. She established her own studio at N. Cedar Street in Auburn, Washington but it was unsuccessful and she returned to Tacoma. In , Virna had a very brief marriage to Clarence Schultz, a fellow Home Colony resident but divorced within the same year.

In , Virna had a very brief marriage to Clarence Schultz, a fellow Home Colony resident but divorced within the same year.

Shortly afterward, she married Paul R. In , they had a son, Jean Paul who was the subject of many of her earliest experiments in photography. These innovative and sensitive works caught the attention of other parents who sought out her services for unique portraits of their own children. Haffer was an extremely creative woman who worked in a variety of mediums such as drawing, painting, sculpture, fabric design and blockprinting.

Twelve members were present and our guest was Mrs. Virna Haffer of Tacoma Camera Club, who came here to attend the meeting.

She soon began working at the studio of Harriette H. Ihrig, located at South E Street.

She brought her eight prints of various subjects, to ask the opinion of some of our members about her pictures. We take off our hats to her earnestness and modesty. While attending SCC meetings, she befriended fellow member Yukio Morinaga and began a lifelong collaboration with him serving as her main printer.