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We lost great photographers this year. They photographed Presidents and popes, rock stars and rebels. They risked their lives, and some of them gave their lives, so that we can better understand our own, the place we inhabit, and more importantly, the areas of the world we would otherwise never see. —Nate Rawlings

Lens

Jose Gaytan was the consummate salesman. How good was he?

He could persuade jaded Brooklynites to see the beauty of the Gowanus Canal. When he wasn’t selling high-end photo gear in Manhattan, he and his dogs Lola and Rudy explored Brooklyn’s decrepit urban waterway and shot lyrical pictures full of color, clouds, light and even love

NPPA

Atherton retired from The Washington Post in 1990 after a career that included two decades as a staffer with United Press International before he joined the Post in 1970. During his 40-year career he covered every U.S. President from Truman to Nixon and was a major influence on photographers and news photography in the nation’s capitol

The Asbury Park Press

Michael Sypniewski, an award-winning staff photographer at the Asbury Park Press, died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 47.

The News Tribune

Bruce Kellman, who spent 42 years as a staff photographer for The News Tribune, died Monday. He was 66. Kellman shot photos of everything from soldiers shipping out to Vietnam, to the construction of the Tacoma Dome, to the Puyallup Tribe storming the Cushman Hospital building. He also shot the small moments of life that build a community’s visual history.

monirul photojournalist blog:

Renowned photojournalist Rashid Talukder, the first Bangladeshi to win prestigious Pioneer Photographer Award, has passed away at a hospital in the city. He was 72

PDN Pulse:

Barry Feinstein, who covered Bob Dylan’s 1966 tour after the musician went electric, and also photographed the covers of iconic albums by Dylan, Janis Joplin, George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died today at his home in Woodstock, New York, the AP reports. He was 80.

Michael Kamber, Lens:

His effect on people was profound.

Yet one of Tim’s most lasting legacies will be the changes he almost single-handedly wrought in the worlds of photojournalism and multimedia. This weekend, we’re opening an exhibit of his work at the Bronx Documentary Center, a gallery inspired by Tim’s vision and friendship

NPPA:

“It is a very sad day for journalism,” Santiago Lyon wrote to AP colleagues. “He will be deeply missed by all who ever had the pleasure of meeting him. Ed was a first-rate professional