Former National Geographic Editor Wilbur Garrett Dies at 85 | PDNPulse

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Former National Geographic Editor Wilbur Garrett Dies at 85 | PDNPulse

Wilbur “Bill” Garrett, who methodically raised the standards for photography at National Geographic and pushed for coverage of timely and sometimes controversial subjects during his tenure as editor in the 1980s, died at his home on August 13, National Ge

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Garrett began pushing for a more photojournalistic approach to Geographic photography as soon as he joined the magazine as a photo editor in the mid 1950s