Category: Obituaries

  • Reporter, Marine die in roadside bomb blast – washingtonpost.com

    Reporter, Marine die in roadside bomb blast – washingtonpost.com

    British reporter Hamer and U.S. Marine are killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/10/AR2010011001441.html?wprss=rss_world British press reports said the journalist, Rupert Hamer, 39, was the first British reporter killed covering the conflict in Afghanistan, now in its ninth year. The photographer was identified as Philip Coburn, 43, and initial reports said his injuries were…

  • PDNPulse: Dan Wetuk Memorial To Be Held at Sun Studios Jan. 8

    Link: PDNPulse: Dan Wetuk Memorial To Be Held at Sun Studios Jan. 8

  • 'We'll miss our Michelle'

    ‘We’ll miss our Michelle’ We are still speaking of her as if she is alive, for it is so difficult to accept that our beloved colleague is gone. Michelle Lang, young, smart, engaged to be married, “a helluva journalist,” as our editor- in-chief said Wednesday amid the t via www.calgaryherald.com: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Somnia/2397999/story.html We are still speaking…

  • face… | burn magazine

    face… many of you have seen this book before, but i am sure many of you have not….my first work in print….i publish it again here now only because my friend Masaaki Okada, who was the designe… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2009/12/face/ many of you have seen this book before, but i am sure many of…

  • McLeroy was E-N's ‘master photographer’ for 29 years

    McLeroy was E-N's ‘master photographer’ for 29 years

    McLeroy was Express-News ‘master photographer’ for 29 years McLeroy worked at the newspaper for 29 years until taking a buyout in 2007, then became a freelance photographer. A slideshow on mysanantonio.com illustrates his range, from coverage of Pope John Paul II’s visit to the Alamo City in 1987 to a clever shot via San Antonio…

  • The Lives They Lived – Irving Penn –  He Got Beneath the Surface of People

    The Lives They Lived – Irving Penn – He Got Beneath the Surface of People

    Irving Penn: Seeing Inside He got beneath the surface of people — and things. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/magazine/27Penn-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss I didn’t read credits then — or, anyway, not at the start — but soon I realized that I was collecting the work of the photographer Irving Penn. It was his vision that I craved — that I still…

  • PDNPulse: Former Hollywood Photographer Bob Willoughby Dies at 82

    Link: PDNPulse: Former Hollywood Photographer Bob Willoughby Dies at 82

  • Charles Nedwin "Ned" Hockman, 88

    At OU he received the university’s highest academic rank, the David Ross Boyd Professor of Journalism chair. Hockman was inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. He also received the state’s Governor’s Arts In Education Award. At OU’s football…

  • lisa wiseman: a legend, an amazing loss

    lisa wiseman: a legend, an amazing loss

    a legend, an amazing loss i’m having a hard time pulling myself together over the loss of one of my all-time favorite photographers: larry sultan . he passed … Link: http://lisawiseman.blogspot.com/2009/12/legend-amazing-loss.html i’m having a hard time pulling myself together over the loss of one of my all-time favorite photographers: larry sultan.

  • Larry Sultan, Pictures From Home «  LITTLE BROWN MUSHROOM BLOG

    Larry Sultan, Pictures From Home « LITTLE BROWN MUSHROOM BLOG

    Larry Sultan, Pictures From Home Like so many others, I was heartbroken to learn of the death of Larry Sultan. (Read obits here, here, here, here). I met Larry in 2004. He and I were showing concurrently at the Stephen Wirtz Galle… via LITTLE BROWN MUSHROOM BLOG: http://littlebrownmushroom.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/larry-sultan-pictures-from-home/ I ran into Larry a couple of…

  • PDNPulse: Larry Sultan Dies at 63

    Fine art photographer Larry Sultan died yesterday at his home in California at the age of 63, according to The New York Times. The cause of death was cancer, the paper reported. Link: PDNPulse: Larry Sultan Dies at 63

  • lenscratch: Cindy Schafer

    Yesterday I was given the stunning news that my friend, Cindy Schafer, had been killed, along with her husband, Paul, in a small plane crash near Vancouver. I’ve spent all day processing this devasting news, which is so hard to absorb because when I had lunch with her a month or so ago, she was…

  • Mostly True: Bob Jarboe, Rest in Peace

    Bob Jarboe, Rest in Peace Bob Jarboe was my first real boss and mentor in the world of photojournalism. He taught me things that I didn’t even know that I needed to know. I can’t say I did much in return, unless you consider having… via Mostly True: http://kennethjarecke.typepad.com/mostly_true/2009/11/bob-jarboe-rest-in-peace.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MostlyTrue+%28Mostly+True%29 Bob Jarboe was my first real…

  • Charis Wilson, Edward Weston’s Photography Model, Dies at 95

    Charis Wilson, Edward Weston’s Photography Model, Dies at 95

    Charis Wilson, Model and Muse, Dies at 95 Ms. Wilson was lover, muse, model, amanuensis and wife of the photographer Edward Weston and the subject of many of his best-known nude portraits. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/arts/design/24wilson.html?_r=1 Charis Wilson, who was lover, muse, model, amanuensis and wife of the photographer Edward Weston and the subject of many of…

  • Breaking: Twelve Journalists Killed in Philippines | dvafoto

    Never in the history of journalism have the news media suffered such a heavy loss of life in one day Link: Breaking: Twelve Journalists Killed in Philippines | dvafoto

  • PDNPulse: Architectural Photographer Peter Urban Has Died

    An obituary published in The Boston Globe on September 18 noted the artistic quality of his black-and-white photos of Boston buildings:  “Brightness and energy invade photographs that, in other hands, might be static.” Link: PDNPulse: Architectural Photographer Peter Urban Has Died

  • Artist's eye, expert skills built Roy Scully's photo career | Seattle Times

    Roy Scully was a longtime fixture in a newspaper universe that doesn’t exist anymore outside of old movies. He got his foot in the door of The Seattle Times as a copy boy in the 1940s, learned his craft from staff photographers and was assistant chief photographer when he retired after a 44-year career at…

  • I lost a Great Friend

    It’s with sad hearts that we lost a great person to tragedy this week. One of my closest friends, former SportsShooter.com member and fellow photographer, Chris Livingston, 36, was struck by a car and killed Monday, Nov. 10th, 2009 while riding his bike and training for a triathlon. He is survived by his wife Catherine,…

  • Parting Glance: Evelyn Hofer, 1922-2009 – Lens Blog

    Parting Glance: Evelyn Hofer, 1922-2009 – Lens Blog

    Parting Glance: Evelyn Hofer, 1922-2009 Evelyn Hofer searched for an “inside value, some interior respect” in the people she photographed. She has died, at the age of 87. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/parting-3/ Evelyn Hofer, 87, was a flawless technician and a much sought-after teacher, who searched for an “inside value, some interior respect” in the…

  • Photographer Chris Livingston Dies After Bike Hit By Car

    Photographer Chris Livingston was hit by a car Monday while bicycle riding on a trail near Cleaveland Road, and he died from his injuries after being transported to the Orlando Regional Medical Center, according to police. Link: Photographer Chris Livingston Dies After Bike Hit By Car