Amanda Emily
38 years ago
Joe Goulart, one of three victims of the Wichita sniper 38 years ago yesterday. He died as he lived – with his camera at his side.
Read More →Looking for info on….
Looking for information on a Patrick Egan of KING-TV and a Ben Leake of WPVI-TV as well as people who knew either of them personally and don’t mind their contact info being provided to the contact I have at the Newseum for my long running project of …
Read More →Latest Addition: “Norman Alley: Best Known Cameraman in the World”
If all the photographers who have manipulated motion picture apparatus, from the days of hand-cranking to 1939s modern and super-efficient equipment, probably the best known to the General public on an international basis is Norman Alley, a Local 659, IATSE veteran, who has chased news pictures the world over…(read the rest at http://newsphotog.com/st_norman_alley.html) Read More →
The Dope Sheet/NewsPhotog.com has a new layout
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“You don’t save souls in an empty church”
In the spirit of “throwback Thursday” and since I’m not into posting selfies, a look back to the dawn of the consultant era of TV news. From the March 19, 1974 edition of the Sarasota Journal, an article about the cynical depravity of local TV news of the era thanks Read More →
A wet evening in Lakehurst
“What’s the use, Bill!” griped one of Pathe News photographer Bill Deeke’s colleagues. “You can’t shoot without light and the outfit will be soaked. Besides it’s a long, long way back to Times Square. What do you say if we pack it up and beat it?” “We’ve come seventy miles Read More →
“The Cinderella Man”
A ninety-four old editorial from my somewhat extensive library covering the development of photojournalism that was written by Pathé employee Mary Edith Butler praising whom she termed “the Cinderella Man of the motion picture industry” for Pathé News’ decennial celebration way back in 1920. Despite the technological changes the march Read More →