Comments on: In Memoriam: Bruce Fraser

By: Tim Smyth

Tim Smyth — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:37:09 +0000

I only just found out today that Bruce has passed. It’s terribly sad news. I’m an old friend of his from his Edinburgh days. We used to play in a band together – he on bass and me on drums. He had very clear talent even back then (the seventies). The last time I saw him must have been early 80′s in San Francisco. He had just bought the Mac and was amazed at how the mouse worked – I remember how excited he was about it. I’m sorry I never got to see or talk to him again, but I’ll always remember him fondly.

By: alanpro777

alanpro777 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:55:49 +0000

I’m sorry to heare this. Yet, adobe has done a tribute to him, in a photoshop cs3 easter egg. He deserves more than that.

By: alanpro777

alanpro777 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:55:45 +0000

I’m sorry to heare this. Yet, adobe has done a tribute to him, in a photoshop cs3 easter egg. He deserves more than that.

By: George Harrison

George Harrison — Fri, 04 May 2007 12:20:21 +0000

How sad to learn this just as i have started reading his excellent book “Color Management” What a talent.
George

By: Dainis Bushmanis

Dainis Bushmanis — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:40:03 +0000

Camera Raw CS2 is a fantastic guide with details. Thank you for your support for us, photographers.

By: Doug McKay

Doug McKay — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:01:05 +0000

What an enormous loss. Just learned of this sad news. I’m new to the world of digital imaginmg and picked up one of Bruce’s books so I could better understand colour management. He was one who could actually explain the subject. I even fired off few e-mails for a little extra help and, to my delight, he replied with clear and concise advice. My sincere sympathy to his family, close friends and colleagues.

By: Thad McIlroy

Thad McIlroy — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:53:21 +0000

I loved working with Bruce because he had a fine mind, was a scientist by nature, if not by training, and was as excited as I was about taking on the challenges and trying to find where the holes were. Sterling, perhaps correctly, makes gentle fun of the book Bruce and Rudy and I did together, “Using Color Management Systems for Pushbutton Color.” But remember, that was in 1993, when no one had a clue about what desktop color was capable of, and Bruce put a huge amount of work into devising the best tests he could to figure out just what these new-fangled systems could produce. I financed the effort, none of us made a sous, but by these efforts does an industry (slowly) move forward. Rudy then wrote (Steve Hannaford edited, and I published) a more scientific guide to color management, and that was even better received, staying in print for a number of years.
Anyway, this is about Bruce. He was a great gentleman, and a gentle man, a true professional, an invaluable member of our profession. I think that he lived as he wanted to live, as was prepared to accept the consequences. Hence a brave man.
He was above all a lovely human being, with a gentle, funny and loving manner, and I will miss him a great deal.

By: Ethan G. Salwen

Ethan G. Salwen — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:21:08 +0000

This is the first time I have ever responded to a blog, and there is certainly nothing more I can add to what has already been said here. Nonetheless I feel the need to say goodbye to Bruce and to once again thank him for all of his fine work, in which he keenly combined amazing technical insight, true concern for the success of other professionals, as well as the best scribing abilities in the world of educational photography writing. Not only did Bruce solve many of my digital photography dilemmas, but he inspired me as a writer.
Although I didn’t really know Bruce, I have never promoted another photography professional with as much gusto. It was simply that the positive impact that Bruce’s work had in my life compelled me to share his teachings with as many people as possible.
My last email to Bruce in the beginning of December was entitled “Fraser Evangelist,” and in it I proposed to Bruce that I write a profile piece on him for a national magazine that usually profiles flashier names in the world of photography, reckoning that Bruce deserves as much attention as any other photographer out there. Bruce took the time to respond and mentioned his fight with cancer, but I had no idea how sick he was. I have been traveling and only found about Bruce’s death today. I feel a sincere sadness for the loss of this impressive man, and I wish the best for Bruce’s family and his many close friends during this hard time.

By: Scott Sandeman-Allen

Scott Sandeman-Allen — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:38:31 +0000

Sad is an understatement. Others have expressed very eloquently the qualities of a fine man & mind. I can easily second those comments. While I have not spoken to Bruce in about three years, I always looked forward to many more conversations (along with a dram or two).

As per Dan Margulis’s comments; I did have the pleasure of once surprising Bruce, and we almost wrote a book about it with our mutual friend Sam Merrill (the idea that is, not his expression while crossing a SF intersection).

He will be alive in my memories for a very long time. To those he held dear, I cannot express enough my most sincere condolences.

By: Julio Sosa

Julio Sosa — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:17:24 +0000

I am very saddened today to find out about the passing of Bruce Fraser. His contribution to the industry and as a human being will be greatly missed.

By: Valdir Barbosa

Valdir Barbosa — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:31:44 +0000

I live in Brazil and today I enter in link from Stephen Johnson and I don’t believe in the pass away of this guru. Just I saw: Thanks my friend, I learned very much with your teaching. Rest in Peace!

By: Sergio Copa

Sergio Copa — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:16:43 +0000

Just found out,so very sorry. Loss feels personal. Thank you for everything Bruce. My sincere condolences to Bruce’s family.

By: Maurice Gold

Maurice Gold — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:52:08 +0000

Bruce and I were childhood friends in Edinburgh so long ago. We lost touch, and only recently I saw his name as a Photoshop guru. I emailed him, and got a heartwarming reply.
Rest in Peace, Bruce

By: Vanita Cyril

Vanita Cyril — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:24:07 +0000

My sincerest condolences to Bruce’s family and friends.

By: Dandalo Gabrielli

Dandalo Gabrielli — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:31:41 +0000

The worlds out of color today