01 Sep, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes




LEON LEVINSTEIN, NEW YORK August 23 2010 For most of his life, photographer Leon Levinstein nestled in comfortable obscurity. He shot thousands of pictures over several decades. He stalked the citizens of New York City, peering from a careful distance as they feasted and starved, celebrated or mourned. SOURCE: Financial Times;Ariella Budick http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/530a5e06-aed1-11df-8e45-00144feabdc0,_i_email=y.html


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25 Aug, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



Joanna Steichen, Photographer’s Wife and Aide, Dies at 77. Joanna T. Steichen, who married the photographer Edward Steichen when he was 80 and who edited an important survey of his work, died on July 24 at her summer home in Montauk, N.Y. She was 77 and lived in Manhattan. Source: WILLIAM GRIMES; NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/arts/design/07steichen.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
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14 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psn





Bill Hudson, a Photojournalist During the Civil Rights Era, Dies at 77 Mr. Hudson's powerful images of the civil rights era documented police brutality and helped galvanize the public.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/us/27hudson.html?_r=2&emc=eta1



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16 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Sigmar Polke, a German artist who along with Gerhard Richter launched the Capitalist Realism painting movement in 1963 as a response to pop art, died Thursday in Cologne, Germany. He was 69 and had cancer. Polke, an influential painter, graphic artist and photographer, was featured in a 2009 exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and a 2007 show at the Getty Museum. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matter and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s, when he produced abstract works created by chance through chemical reactions between paint and other products.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-sigmar-polke-20100612,0,6338695.story

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08 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Photographer William Meriwether dies whose black-and-white landscapes have been likened to those of Ansel Adams, http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/140871



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01 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Les Line, who as editor of the magazine of the National Audubon Society for 25 years expanded its mission beyond birds and beasts to environmental issues like oil spills, died on May 23 in Sharon, Conn. He was 74. Source: DOUGLAS MARTIN http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/business/media/31line.html?src=busln


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12 May, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Clint Grant, longtime Dallas Morning News photographer, dies at 93
SOURCE: DallasNews; JOE SIMNACHER
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/042110dnmetclintgrantobit.26d1a827d.html


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05 May, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Al Paglione, a longshoreman-turned-photojournalist who chronicled 35 years in the life of North Jersey, died Wednesday night at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck. He was 80 and lived in Ridgefield Park. “Al was the master of the feature photograph,” said veteran Record photographer Carmine Galasso. “To this day it amazes me the kind of pictures he made. I scratch my head and say, ‘How the hell did he make those pictures?’ ” The self-taught Mr. Paglione made those astonishing pictures — thousands of them — by being creative and energetic, but also by being a man of the people. SOURCE: Jay Levin, The Record ;
http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/042910_paglione.html


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28 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: psn


Myron Davis, 1919-2010: Life magazine photographer. Mr. Davis, 90, died in the University of Chicago Hospitals on Saturday, April 17, of injuries suffered in a fire that broke out in his Hyde Park apartment, the Cook County medical examiner's office said. Working for Life magazine in the first half of the 20th century was only a dream for most photographers. Myron Davis caught the eye of a Life editor and achieved that dream just a few years out of high school. He went on to become a well-respected photographer who traveled the world and captured images of some of the country's most prominent figures. SOURCE: Jennifer Delgado, Tribune reporter. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-04-21/features/ct-met-0422-davis-obit-20100421_1_mr-davis-life-magazine-photographer-chicago-sun-times


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13 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Legendary Rock Photographer Jim Marshall Dead at 74 . Spinner - Dan Reilly - Quote in his official bio perfectly sums up his legacy: "I do see the music. This 'career' has never been just a job -- it's been my life."
http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/24/rock-photographer-jim-marshall-dead/


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07 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Peter Gowland, an innovative fashion photographer who invented elite cameras and equipment that he used to shoot pinups and magazine covers for six decades, has died. He was 93. SOURCE: Bob Poole; AP
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/89385737.html


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16 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Charles Moore, a photographer who braved physical peril to capture searing images — including lawmen using dogs and fire hoses against defenseless demonstrators — that many credit with helping to propel landmark civil rights legislation, died on Thursday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 79.
Both Senator Jacob K. Javits and the historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. credited Mr. Moore’s images with building popular support for the passage of major civil rights laws in the mid-1960s.
SOURCE: DOUGLAS MARTIN New York TIMES
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/arts/16moore.html


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10 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn

Fabian Bachrach, who photographed presidents, kings, celebrities, and thousands of businessmen and brides as the proprietor of the country's oldest portrait photography studio, died Feb. 26 of pneumonia at a hospital in Newton, Mass. He was 92.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/03/06/GA2010030602391.html

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23 Feb, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Anita V. Mozley dies at 81 As curator of photography at the Stanford Museum of Art, Anita Ventura
Mozley organized exhibitions on Edward Muybridge, Ansel Adams, Joseph Raphael and Robert Frank. She also expanded the museum's photography collection.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/february15/anita-mozley-obit-021610.html


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03 Feb, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Dennis Stock, Photographer of Intimate Portraits, Dies at 81
Dennis Stock, a photographer whose intimate and evocative portraits captured the essence of jazz performance and helped shape James Dean’s moody public persona, died Monday in Sarasota, Fla. He was 81
Dennis Stock: “The goal for the photographer is to be visually articulate. If the subject is in a suffering circumstance, it is all the more preferable to apply craft to the utmost. Call it art or not, we photographers should always try to pass on our observations with the utmost clarity.” SOURCE: DAVID W. DUNLAP NYTIMES. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/arts/design/15stock.html?emc=eta1
man walking in rain
James Dean in Times Square - Dennis Stock


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06 Jan, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Ralph B. White -- National Geographic photographer's ashes scattered around world – It is good to pay respects as a professional community when one is made aware of the loss of a colleague. Although most of us never met Ralph B. White, we’ve surely set our eyes on his work in National Geographic. Friends of Ralph B. White are making sure his last wish comes true by scattering his ashes in places near and far around the world. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/284947

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02 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn



Charis Wilson dies at 95; model, muse and last wife of photographer Edward Weston. Wilson was deeply involved in Weston's career and influenced his work. She also was the author of several books, including, with her husband, 'California and the West.' http://bit.ly/54JKnk


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03 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn

Roy DeCarava, the child of a single mother in Harlem who turned that neighborhood into his canvas and became one of the most important photographers of his generation by chronicling its people and its jazz giants, has died at 89. SOURCE: LA TIMES, Mary Rourke http://bit.ly/1qCsFB
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-me-roy-decarava29-2009oct29,0,860183.story



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20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn



Marty Forscher, Who Tended Cameras and Owners, Dies at 87 . Marty Forscher, whose intimate knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the camera - and of the myriad ways in which photographers can unsettle them - made him for decades the most sought-after camera repairman in the country, died on Sept. 30 in Pittsfield, Mass. http://bit.ly/1SYb9F .
TAKEAWAY: Where have all the repairmen gone? Many of us remember seeing Marty’s small ads in Modern Photography, U.S.Camera, and other photo magazines.


Nat Finkelstein, whose photographs of Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick and the Velvet Underground are among the most famous images of Warhol's Factory and its revolving cast of characters, died on Oct. 2 at his home in Shandaken, N.Y. He was 76. http://bit.ly/3fXdGa


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14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn




Irving Penn, 92, a grand master of American fashion photography whose "less is more" aesthetic combined with startling sensuality defined a visual style he applied to designer dresses or fleshy nudes, famous artists or tribal chiefs, cigarette butts or cosmetics jars, many of them now-famous photographs owned by leading art museums, has died.
http://bit.ly/Fmy6z


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21 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn



Jack Kightlinger was a retired White House photographer who worked for five U.S. presidents.
He died, Sept. 14th 2009. He was 77. http://bit.ly/uvEr7







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16 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn




Willy Ronis, French photographer dead at 99. He was the last of France's postwar greats of photography who captured the essence of Paris in black and white scenes of everyday life, died Saturday. Lovers, nudes and scenes from Paris streets were the mainstay of Ronis' photographs, which reflect the so-called humanist school of photography in an award-winning career that began in the 1930s and reaped honors for him in France and abroad.
http://bit.ly/42avvW


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02 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn




Mary Morris Lawrence, First Female AP Photographer, Dies at 95. Mary Morris Lawrence, believed to be the first female photographer hired by the Associated Press, died August 12 at her home in Oakland, California, at age 95. http://bit.ly/15wTrD


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08 Jul, 2009 | Posted by: psn



Bill Thomas, author of 28 photographic
books, popular seminar giver, died Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
I first met Bill on a photographic trip sponsored by the Minnesota Dept. of
Economic Development that was held in the Voyageurs National Park area near
the Canada border.

The next year, 1976), Bill did a story for Writer’s
Digest on how Jeri, my wife, and I produced photo stories for a variety of
publications on a multiple submission basis. Bill dropped in to see us here
at the farm last year to catch up on the interim years.


He is sadly missed.


A mutual friend, Charles Gillespie, MD, has known
Bill Thomas more years than me and I asked him to reflex on the later years
of Bill’s life. Click here.





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23 Jun, 2009 | Posted by: psn



Joel Librizzi passed away. Librizzi, who documented life in the Berkshires for more than 40 years, died June 15, 2009. He photographed Ted Kennedy sailing Pontoosuc Lake with a young Caroline Kennedy, and a teenage John F. Kennedy Jr. skiing at Jiminy Peak. He shot Norman Rockwell, Tiny Tim and Richard Nixon, to name a few. http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_12599468


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17 Jun, 2009 | Posted by: psn




Jean-Claude Lozouet, Stock Photo Pioneer, Was Aboard Lost Air France Jet.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/e3i510515663761ce346aa3760e65b1f73e


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03 Jun, 2009 | Posted by: psn




Benjamen Chinn dies at 87; photographer documented San Francisco's Chinatown. Benjamen Chinn, one of the few Chinese American photographers to live and artfully document street scenes in San Francisco's Chinatown has died.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-benjamen-chinn25-2009may25,0,4070258.story



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19 May, 2009 | Posted by: psn



Raza Khan, a driver and fixer who had worked with many photojournalists and writers covering Pakistan, was killed in a car accident on Saturday while driving photographers Lynsey Addario and Teru Kuwayama from the Jalala refugee camp to Islamabad.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/05/the-importance-of-the-fixer.html


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14 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn




Barbara Ringer 1925-2009 - Barbara Ringer was appointed Register of Copyrights on November 19, 1973, the first woman to serve in that position. She was one of the principal architects of the copyright revision bill, which was enacted into law on October 19, 1976, as the Copyright Act of 1976
http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2009/04/barbara-ringer.html


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08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn





Helen Levitt Dies At 95 -- Best known for her witty, candid shots of everyday New York life, she was one of the most influential street photographers to date.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/03/helen_levitt.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102504602


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24 Feb, 2009 | Posted by: psn



Mark Boock. Firefighters’ photo historian dies at scene in Scranton fire. Known for his interest in firefighting, photography and local history, Mark Boock died Saturday night doing what he loved. Mr. Boock, 57, the Scranton Fire Department historian, was taking photographs at a fire at 432 Cherry St. when he suffered a heart attack. He was taken to Community Medical Center, where he died at 8:48 p.m.. http://www.thetimes-Tribune.com/articles/2009/02/23/news/sc_times_trib.20090223.a.pg3.tt23boock_s1.2323990_top5


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27 Jan, 2009 | Posted by: psn




Photojournalist Bob Young was a pioneer in surfing photography, capturing the drama of huge waves and the athletes who rode them, by getting into the water, not on a board or a boat, to shoot photos of towering surf. Young, 76, died Jan. 9 in Honolulu after suffering a stroke.
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090119_Photojournalist_captured_the_essence_of_surfing.html


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07 Jan, 2009 | Posted by: psn



William J. "Sandy" Colton, a Stars and Stripes Korean War correspondent and later the chief photographer of the paper's Pacific edition, died Christmas Day after a long battle with cancer.
He served as picture editor of the Washington, D.C,, Star newspaper during the Kennedy and Johnson years, and went on to hold various editing positions with the Associated Press in New York, where he served as picture editor for a number of books published by the AP, designed a color slide service for television that is still in use today, supervised the transition from black-and-white to color photography for AP photographers, designed and equipped new universal color darkrooms for AP photo bureaus in the U.S., participated in various photographic research and development projects, and kept AP photographers equipped with the latest photographic equipment and films.
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=59660
www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf?/base/news-29/1230493769160750.xml&storylist=state
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081228/ap_on_re_us/obit_colton


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03 Nov, 2008 | Posted by: psn



Alex Rivera, Award-winning photographer succumbs at 95. As a photojournalist, he covered the last lynchings in South Carolina and Georgia, traveled to Africa and Europe, and documented the court cases that ultimately led to school desegregation. At 93, Rivera, who worked for the Pittsburgh Courier from 1945 to 1965, occasionally still covered a news or sports event when a friend could not. On Oct. 23, Alexander McAllister Rivera made his transition in Durham, N.C., after months of declining health. He was 95.
http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/articlelive/articles/42385/1/Award-winning-photographer-succumbs-at-95/Page1.html

Delmar Watson, a child actor who appeared in hundreds of movies and later became a photographer who snapped gritty crimes scenes and Hollywood stars, has died. He was 82. David Delmar Watson was 6 months old when he appeared in his first film in 1926. The nine Watson children lived near Mack Sennett Studios in Los Angeles, and "when they needed a kid, they knew where to go," Daniel Watson said.
Delmar Watson appeared in more than 300 films, playing Peter the goat boy in 1937's "Heidi" and Jimmie Hopper in 1939's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
His family also had a long history in news photography. His grandfather shot pictures of Buffalo Bill riding up the street in Los Angeles in 1902, Daniel Watson said.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/28/state/n125341D27.DTL


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14 Oct, 2008 | Posted by: psn




CELEBRITY SNAPPER. -- William Claxton, Photographer, Is Dead at 80. Claxton, a photographer of the famous who used his charm to lure jazz musicians from their dark, smoky natural habitat to pose on sunny beaches and carousels, then made stunningly intimate images of legendary loners like Steve McQueen and Frank Sinatra. Claxton's photographs shed light on entertainment world. Anyone who doubts the power of black-and-white photography must not have seen the work of William Claxton.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2008/10/13/2008-10-13_william_claxtons_photographs_shed_light_.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/arts/design/14claxton.html?em


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01 Oct, 2008 | Posted by: psn



Don Ultang, Pioneer in Aerial Photography, Dies at 91
an early specialist in aerial photography who won the 1952 Pulitzer
Prize for photography...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/sports/football/27ultang.html


PACA will be presenting a "Celebration of Life" of Jane Kinne at their International Conference in NYC on Saturday October 25th, hosted by "Friends of Jane Kinne". For more information: exectdirector[at]pacaoffice[dot]org

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16 Sep, 2008 | Posted by: psn





Cornell Capa's Contribution to Photography Celebrated at Memorial Service -
Roughly 700 members of the photo community gathered in New York on Sept. 10 to celebrate the life of photojournalist Cornell Capa and the institution he founded, the International Center of Photography.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/
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10 Sep, 2008 | Posted by: psn



AL SMITH SR., PHOTOGRAPHER, HISTORIAN -- Al Smith Jr. recalls that as a youngster, he'd spend long hours with his dad, Al Smith Sr., in the basement darkroom of their Central District home, developing black-and-white prints from shots his father had captured around town.
The senior Smith didn't consider himself a professional photographer. Neither did he figure himself a consummate local historian. He just loved taking pictures. And he loved his subjects, many of them the patrons of Seattle's early nightclub scene.
Over decades as a shutterbug, the elder Mr. Smith amassed tens of thousands of prints and negatives, which he stashed in drawers and cabinets and grocery bags in his basement. Along the way, his prints also found a home in Seattle's Museum of History & Industry, in the recently opened Northwest African American Museum and in a traveling exhibit that chronicles Seattle's Jackson Street night scene from the 1920s to the 1960s.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/obituaries/2008157585_smithobit04m.html?syndication=rss


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16 Jul, 2008 | Posted by: psn



AND ALSO A PHOTOGRAPHER -- When he died on May 12 at age 82, Robert Rauschenberg was described as many things: a beneficent champion of artists and charities; a, cunning artist who wasn't afraid to take on just about everything, including paintings,
sculptures, prints and photographs.
http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2008/07/robert_rauschenberg_at_blue_sk.html


26 Jun, 2008 | Posted by: psn



RON RIESTERER – Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist retires after 50 years with the Trib. Story: THERE was the time this guy barricaded himself in a house in West Oakland, and was firing at the cops. It went on for hours, so by nightfall, Oakland Tribune photographer Ron Riesterer, in cahoots with Trib police-beat reporter Harry Harris, scrambled through backyards and over a couple of fences to get as close to the scene as they could, sprawling out on the ground underneath a porch to get a good view but still maintain cover. Police finally smoked the guy out with tear gas, and he jumped though the front window with a shotgun, blasting away at the cops, who shot and killed him right there on the lawn.
Riesterer shot him, too. With his camera. http://www.contracostatimes.com/oakland/ci_9599599?source=rss


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