Category: Obituaries

Joan Lois Honkala Gordon, 78, Former NPPA Magazine Copy Editor

Joan Lois Honkala Gordon, 78, Former NPPA Magazine Copy Editor

Joan Lois Honkala Gordon of Bowling Green, a former executive director of the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce, who served on the Wood County Committee on Aging and orchestrated projects throughout Wood County, died Monday in Bridge Hospice at Heritage C

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/joan-lois-honkala-gordon-78-former-nppa-magazine-copy-editor

NPPA expresses their condolences and best wishes to the Gordon family, and we are grateful for their many years of dedication to NPPA and the magazine

September 4, 2013
Sky News Cameraman Killed In Egypt

Link: Sky News Cameraman Killed In Egypt

Mick Deane was shot covering the violence in Cairo – Head of Sky News John Ryley describes him as the very best of cameramen.

August 14, 2013
Respect, Love and Desert Tales Are a Young Photojournalist’s Legacy

Respect, Love and Desert Tales Are a Young Photojournalist’s Legacy

In January of this year, Jessica Lum, a fledgling, spirited journalist less than a year out of Berkeley’s Graduate Journalism School, died following a 4-year battle with cancer. She was 25. In spite of her illness and her youth, Lum created some masterful

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2013/07/jessica-lum-slab-city-stories/

In January of this year, Jessica Lum, a fledgling, spirited journalist less than a year out of Berkeley’s Graduate Journalism School, died following a 4-year battle with cancer. She was 25. In spite of her illness and her youth, Lum created some masterful pieces of journalism of which veteran newspersons would be proud.

July 17, 2013
Journalist Assassinated in Violent Russian Republic

Journalist Assassinated in Violent Russian Republic

The journalist, Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, had accused local authorities of persecuting and kidnapping Muslims and was shot to death while driving his car.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/world/europe/journalist-assassinated-in-violent-russian-republic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

The journalist, Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, 53, a deputy editor of the independent daily newspaper Novoye Delo, had already survived a January assassination attempt at the same spot just outside the capital, Makhachkala (in Dagestan).

July 10, 2013
In Memorium: Lauren E. Simonutti

Link: underexposed

Lauren was an inspiration. She was one of the most courageous artists I’ve had the honor of knowing and her work never disappointed. She was one of the rare breed of photographers who reached deep into their soul to communicate her most personal thoughts.

June 28, 2013
Obituary: Fine-Art Photographer Sarah Charlesworth, 66

Obituary: Fine-Art Photographer Sarah Charlesworth, 66 | PDNPulse

Sarah Charlesworth, a fine-art photographer, teacher and member of The Pictures Generation, died on June 26 in Falls Village, Connecticut, of a cerebral hemorrhage. She was 66 years old. Charlesworth was born in East Orange, New Jersey, and graduated fr

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/06/obituary-fine-art-photographer-sarah-charlesworth-66.html

The gentle images in New Delhi-based photographer Anay Mann’s series, About Neetika, are documents of daily life with his wife and son, Vijit. Living in New Delhi, Mann started the series over 12 years ago when he first met his wife

June 28, 2013
Obituary: Photographer Bert Stern, Creator of Marilyn Monroe’s “Last Sitting,” 83

Obituary: Photographer Bert Stern, Creator of Marilyn Monroe’s “Last Sitting,” 83 | PDNPulse

Bert Stern, the celebrity and fashion photographer best known for the 1962 photo shoot with Marilyn Monroe known as “The Last Sitting,” died at home in New York City on June 25, The New York Times reports. He was 83. Born in New York City in 1929, Stern w

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/06/obituary-fashion-photographer-bert-stern-creator-of-marilyn-monroes-last-sitting-83.html

reveals somewhat how his massive camera works and the complicated chemistry that goes on to make the pictures happen. A cool little video that shows off Boogie’s process. The Tom Waits soundtrack and mad scientist vibe fits him too

June 27, 2013
Photography Legend Robert E. Gilka, 96

Photography Legend Robert E. Gilka, 96

Robert E. Gilka, a newspaper photographer and editor who was a mentor to legions of photographers and who was the director of photography for National Geographic Magazine for more than 27 years, died today.

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/photography-legend-robert-e-gilka-96

The man who was a legend in American photographic circles started his career as a news and sports reporter and general assignment photographer at a paper in Zanesville, OH, after graduating from Marquette University in 1939 with a journalism degree. He met and married his wife Janet at the paper, where she was a reporter in 1941. Gilka served in the Army’s Signal Corps and rose to the rank of Captain.

June 26, 2013
Michael Hastings

On Michael Hastings

The journalist who brought down Stanley McChrystal died at age 33.

via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/06/18/michael-hastings/?wprss=rss_world

Michael Hastings, a contributor to Rolling Stone and BuzzFeed, died on Tuesday morning in a car crash in Los Angeles at the unforgivably young age of 33.

June 19, 2013
Abigail Heyman on Women, Photography, and Being a Women Photographer

Abigail Heyman on Women, Photography, and Being a Women Photographer | PDNPulse

In her obituary, photojournalist Abigail Heyman, who died May 28, was remembered for her pioneering work on the changing roles of women. She produced her landmark books Growing Up Female and Butcher, Baker, Cabinetmaker in the 1970s, a time when artists,

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/06/abigail-heyman-on-women-photography-and-being-a-women-photographer.html

In her obituary, photojournalist Abigail Heyman, who died May 28, was remembered for her pioneering work on the changing roles of women.

June 12, 2013
A Tribute to Benoit Gysembergh

Link: A Tribute to Benoit Gysembergh | Le Journal de la Photographie

All of Paris Match and the world of French photojournalism came to pay a final tribute to this wonderful, tender, gifted, elegant and funny man

Link: Benoit Gysembergh by Marc Brincourt | Le Journal de la Photographie

Paris Match has lost one of its finest photographers. He had that rare quality of knowing how to do everything: war, politics, the magazine, even celebrities

Link: Benoit Gysembergh: When The Shutter Snaps | Le Journal de la Photographie

May 14, 2013
Memorial Service Planned For Photojournalist David Repp

Memorial Service Planned For Photojournalist David Repp

Carl David Repp, 76, died April 29, 2013 in Chico, CA. An award-winning photojournalist, Repp was a mentor to generations of photojournalism students in the Indiana University School of Journalism at Bloomington.

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/memorial-service-planned-photojournalist-david-repp

Repp was a mentor to generations of photojournalism students in the Indiana University School of Journalism at Bloomington

May 10, 2013
Death of Benoit Gysembergh

Link: Death of Benoit Gysembergh | Le Journal de la Photographie

Courageous, generous, discreet: these are the words Benoît Gysembergh’s colleagues used to describe him

May 6, 2013
Body of Newspaper Photographer Found in Saltillo, Mexico

Body of Newspaper Photographer Found in Saltillo, Mexico | PDNPulse

Daniel Martinez Bazaldua, a photographer with the newspaper Vanguardia, was found dead yesterday in the northern Mexico City of Saltillo, the Associated Press reports. He had been missing since Tuesday, when he left the Vanguardia office in the afternoon.

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/04/body-of-newspaper-photographer-found-in-saltillo-mexico.html

Daniel Martinez Bazaldua, a photographer with the newspaper Vanguardia, was found dead yesterday in the northern Mexico City of Saltillo

April 27, 2013
Oakland Photojournalist Lionel Fluker Shot, Killed

Saturday Memorial Service Set For Oakland’s Lionel Fluker, Gunman Arrested

Lionel “Ray” Fluker, 54, a former freelance photojournalist for the Oakland Tribune, was shot and killed while driving home from an East Oakland gym. A Saturday memorial service has been planned, and the gunman has been arrested.

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/node/60827

Police believe he was not the intended victim but an innocent passerby

April 8, 2013
Cal Whipple Dies at 94 – Won 1943 Fight to Print Photo of War Dead

Cal Whipple, 94, Dies; Won 1943 Fight to Print Photo of War Dead

When censors refused Life magazine permission to publish a photo showing the bodies of three American soldiers, Mr. Whipple got President Franklin D. Roosevelt to reverse the decision.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/nyregion/cal-whipple-dies-at-94-won-1943-fight-to-print-photo-of-war-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

he counted among his proudest achievements the role of tenacious young intermediary in a fight by Life magazine against the military censorship of a single photograph during World War II — a fight that went all the way to the White House.

March 25, 2013
Park Officials Block Effort to Name Lawn For Slain Photojournalist Chris Hondros

Link: PDN Pulse » Blog Archive » Park Officials Block Effort to Name Lawn For Slain Photojournalist Chris Hondros

On March 9, however, several people who had submitted Hondros’s name received an email signed by Nancy Webster of Brooklyn Bridge Park, saying the Park was looking only for names that described aspects of the park

March 11, 2013
Cleveland Photo Icon Ron Kuntz Dies

Cleveland Photo Icon Ron Kuntz, 78

Veteran news and sports photographer Ron Kuntz, the father of photojournalist John Kuntz, passed away last night.

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/node/44626

A Montana gallerist has sued David LaChapelle for $3 million dollars, alleging the photographer attacked him in his Manhattan apartment on March 9, 2012.

March 7, 2013
The deaths of Olivier Voisin and Luis Choy

Link: The deaths of Olivier Voisin and Luis Choy | Le Journal de la Photographie

February 25, 2013
Ozzie Sweet, Who Helped Define New Era of Photography, Dies at 94

Ozzie Sweet, Who Helped Define New Era of Photography, Dies at 94

Mr. Sweet was a photographic illustrator known for his use of fierce hues that emulated the emergent Technicolor palate of American movies, and helped define — visually, anyway — an era.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/sports/ozzie-sweet-who-helped-define-new-era-of-photography-dies-at-94.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Mr. Sweet, who was 94 when he died Wednesday at his home in York Harbor, Me., took photographs that appeared on an estimated 1,800 magazine covers.

February 24, 2013