NPPA’s Executive Director Emeritus Charles H. Cooper, 92

NPPA’s Executive Director Emeritus Charles H. Cooper, 92

Charles H. Cooper, the executive director emeritus of the National Press Photographers Association, died today in Durham, NC. He was 92.

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/26685

“I took about three cases of flash bulbs and spent the entire afternoon in a light drizzle,” Cooper said. “Duke Power let me install flash bulbs in each light pole from Five Points all the way up to Church Street, so I could take a picture of the parade, which was always at night in those days.”