Geoff Latta

Geoff Latta
Born	Geoffrey Keith Latta April 18, 1957
Died	August 19, 2008 (age 51) New York

Geoff Latta (b.1957-d.2008) was computer graphics/production artist known as one of the finest close-up card and coin workers from New York City.

Biography

Latta was one of the founding members of the New York Coin Magic Seminar Group with Michael Rubinstein.

In 1984, he was filmed in what was to become known as "The Pink Purse Tape" creating a record of his card and coin work at that time.

Stephen Minch is writing a book on his work.

Published works

• Spellround in Pallbearers Review (Close Up Folio No. 6) (1976)
• CoinMagic page 122
• CoinMagic page 148
• CoinMagic page 246
• The Collected Almanac page 81
• The Collected Almanac page 86
• Spectacle page 15
• Spectacle page 77
• The long goodbye

DVDs

• LVMI LIVE! 2003
• COINvention Inaugural Collection
• New York Coin Magic Seminar vol 1,2,3, and 4

References

• The Linking Ring, Vol. 88, No. 10, October 2008, Broken Wand, Geoffrey K. Latta, by Hal Meyers, page 128
• In Memoriam by Jamy Ian Swiss, Genii 2009 February, page 40