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 stadium, a bronze plaque names the “photo deck” in Hockman’s honor. He retired from OU in 1987.
Category: Obituaries
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Charles Nedwin "Ned" Hockman, 88
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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.
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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 other times over the years. In Munich we were in a group show together. We cracked jokes during a long press conference in which neither of us understood a word being said. We also talked about photography. Larry was incredibly smart about the medium. I’ve always said that there is nobody whom I’d rather have had the chance to study under.
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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.
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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 full of life and full of the future. I don’t know what I can do other than share Cindy and her photography with you.
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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…
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.
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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 his best-known nude portraits, died on Friday in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 95.
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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
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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
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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 the paper, in 1986.
Link: Obituaries | Artist’s eye, expert skills built Roy Scully’s photo career | Seattle Times Newspaper
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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, and their 2-year-old son Benjamin.
Link: I lost a Great Friend
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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 people she photographed.
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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
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Evelyn Hofer, Subtle Photographer of People and Places, Dies at 87
Evelyn Hofer, Subtle Photographer of People and Places, Dies at 87
Ms. Hofer was a photographer whose portraits imparted a grave serenity to her subjects and who collaborated on a renowned series of travel books in the 1950s and 1960s.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/arts/design/10hofer.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
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Nien Cheng, Memoirist Who Was Persecuted in China, Dies at 94 – NYTimes.com
Nien Cheng, Memoirist, Is Dead at 94
Ms. Cheng’s memoir, “Life and Death in Shanghai,” offered a harrowing account of the Cultural Revolution in China.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/books/07cheng.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In 1973 she was told that the authorities had agreed to release her in recognition of an “improvement in her way of thinking and an attitude of repentance.” She refused to leave and vowed to stay in prison until the government declared her innocent and issued an apology in the press.
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Parting Glance: Roy DeCarava, 1919-2009 – Lens Blog
Smooth, silky, smoky and gentle; as formal as you might expect from the painter he once wanted to be, Roy DeCarava’s photographs speak in a language far softer than we’re accustomed to now. They are no less powerful for their subtlety. They are meant to repay close study and they do.
Link: Parting Glance: Roy DeCarava, 1919-2009 – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com
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Photographer Clyde W. “Red” Hare Jr., 82
Link: Photographer Clyde W. “Red” Hare Jr., 82:He was born July 11, 1927, in Bloomington, IN, and graduated from Indiana University there. He was a freelance photographer for more than 50 years in western Pennsylvania where some of his elite corporate clients included U.S. Steel, Westinghouse, and Heinz.
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Marty Forscher, Tended Cameras and Owners, Dies at 87
Marty Forscher, Who Tended Cameras and Owners, Dies at 87
Mr. Forscher’s intimate knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the camera made him for decades the most sought-after camera repairman in the country.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/nyregion/11forscher.html?_r=1&partner=TOPIXNEWS&ei=5099
Whether one’s camera had plunged into the sea, fallen from a skyscraper, been smashed in a riot or been otherwise sorely treated, Mr. Forscher could almost always find a solution. He knew, for instance, when to give a camera a bath (after an unplanned ocean dip, to flush out the saltwater), when to take it to the gas station (after the curative freshwater bath, to blow out the residue with the compressed-air hose), and when to bake it in the oven (after returning from the gas station, to dry out any lingering moisture).
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Irving Penn, Fashion Photographer, Is Dead at 92
Irving Penn, Fashion Photographer, Is Dead at 92
Mr. Penn’s blend of elegance and minimalism made him one of the most influential photographers of the century.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/arts/design/08penn.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Mr. Penn’s talent for picturing his subjects with compositional clarity and economy earned him the widespread admiration of readers of Vogue during his long association with the magazine, beginning in 1943. It also brought him recognition in the art world; his photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries and are prized by collectors.