Memories of Dick Zakia
By Barry Myers I first met Dick when I was a student at RIT in 1970. I enrolled at RIT in 1969 but dropped out then weeks later. After two quarters of being a non-degree student, I decided that I...
Richard Zakia
Dick Zakia in the summer of 2011. Photo by Willie Osterman. I was just reached with the news that Richard Zakia has died, last March 12th. Richard (born Rashid Elisha) Zakia was one of the great photography teachers of his...
The First To Go
I want to apologize for the lack of activity around here on Tuesday—I was reached by news of the sudden death of Marina Finch, an old college buddy from Dartmouth, and I was just plain feeling sad all day. Memories...
The Real Photographer Has Now Died
You've probably heard me say before that all photojournalists work hard but the really lucky ones labor all their lives and also leave a legacy of one single shot that becomes iconic, world-famous, part of the Zeitgeist, the culture. For...
Eleanor Callahan Has Died
Lewis Kostiner, Harry and Eleanor Callahan, 1996 Many people familiar with the history of 20th-century American photography know Eleanor Callahan. If you don't yet, you have something to look forward to. Wife, muse, and frequent photographic subject of Harry Callahan,...
Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik, R.I.P.
Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin. Photo by Bryan Adams, 2008, from the National Portrait Gallery (U.K.). One wonders when the world will have had enough... ...Had enough of the depraved and despicable regime in Syria slaughtering its own helpless people....
Michihiro Yamaki, 1933-2012
Michihiro Yamaki of Sigma being presented with the Golden Photokina pin by Oliver P. Kuhrt, Executive Vice President of Koelnmesse GmbH, on the opening day of the CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show in Yokohama, Japan, last February 9th (photo...
Awwww…
Doppelgang, 2001–2012 There are few things in life better than a good dog. Years ago, my mother decided to try a small dog in her small Georgetown home, so she went to a breeder and got a miniature long-haired silver-dapple...
Eve Arnold 19122012
Eve Arnold on the Set of Becket, 1963. Photo by Robert Penn/Magnum Eve Arnold, the first woman to become a Magnum photojournalist, died last Wednesday at the age of 99. An American expatriate, she lived in Great Britain for many...
Willard S. Boyle, Digital Camera Inventor, Dies
A moment of appreciation for Willard S. Boyle, who passed away on May 7th. Dr. Boyle, a Canadian, with his co-laureate, American George E. Smith, won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention, at Bell Labs, of the...
Brian Lanker 1947-2011
Brian Lanker, Katherine Dunham, from the book I Dream A World The NPPA has let us all know that Brian Lanker, a quintessential newspaper photojournalist (I always liked this shot), died suddenly yesterday evening, after learning only a few days...
Frank W. Buckles, 1901-2011 (OT)
Frank Buckles as a 16-year-old recruit in 1917 Frank Buckles died yesterday. He was the very last survivor of the 4.7 million people who enlisted in the U.S. military in 1917–18 for the Great War, the "War to End All...
