Partner Earl W. Kage
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29 Chimayo Road, Rochester, NY
8 Lafayette Pl, Rochester, NY 14607
Hamilton Irving “Bud” Driggs (May 26, 1925 – November 4, 2008) was born in Buffalo, NY.
Driggs graduated from the University of Rochester and served in the US Navy (44-46). He worked at the Atomic Labs at the University of Rochester for a short time before becoming employed at Eastman Kodak as Co-Head of Exhibits and Displays. After 30 or so years he retired from Kodak. He helped his long time partner Earl W. Kage set up a Photographic Studio in Rochester. Driggs became a silversmith sculpting small pieces, and won a Prize at the Finger Lakes Show at the Memorial Art Gallery for one of his silver artworks. He was a world traveler visiting Nepal, New Guinea and the Arctic Circle long before most folks traveled to these far flung places. He took many beautiful photos of these adventures. He and Earl had approximately 100 acres of land in the Bristol Hills. Hamilton built a small one room Japanese styled house overlooking a pond, where he spent many happy hours. The country home was a source of tranquility and restorative times for him. The country place became (annually in the summer) a place for friends who submitted artwork and was fondly known as the Bristol Hills Art Festival. There was much gaiety and buying of each other's work. All the proceeds went to the Memorial Art Gallery for purchase of prints. The estate has been donated to the University of Rochester to use at their discretion.
Kage died at home on June 12, 2008, at 89 years. His long time partner, Hamilton Driggs, survived him for only 5 months. Driggs died on November 4, 2008, at 83 years, and was survived by his son, Hamilton I. Driggs III, his many friends, and "The Gang".
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