Charles E. Shutt, 86, who as bureau chief for the Hearst Corp. ran one of the first daily television news services in Washington, died of pneumonia Sept. 16, 2007, at Potomac Valley Nursing and Wellness Center in Rockville. He was a resident of Chevy Chase. Mr. Shutt was active in the […]
In Memoriam
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Steve Deslich, whose passion for photography took him from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to various spots around the globe, died on March 6, 2007, of brain cancer. He was 35, one day short of his birthday. Deslich, of Silver Spring, Md., was managing editor of the McClatchy-Tribune Photo Service, one […]
George (Mickey to his old friends) Asman passed away on January 14th. Mickey was surrounded by his family and passed away at home on his 84th birthday. In 1961 Mickey started Asman Custom Photo, which became Washington, DC’s most professional Photo Lab. The work of Asman Custom Photo was carried […]
Steven Tiffen, president of The Tiffen Company, today announced the passing of his father, and company founder, Nat Tiffen. The senior Mr. Tiffen passed away peacefully on November 21st. The Tiffen Company was founded in 1938 by Nat Tiffen, with brothers, Leo and Sol. Bringing with him a passion to […]
Gordon Davis, 51, an overnight photographer at WJLA-TV died when stuck by a car.
Arnie Sachs passed away Friday evening, November 3, 2006. He was 78 years old. During his distinguished career in photojournalism Sachs covered eleven presidents, from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush, and thirteen inaugurals. Sachs was awarded the WHNPA Lifetime Achievement Award for Still Photography in 2001. He was a […]
Vincent Alexander Finnigan passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006. He is survived by his five children, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Mr. Finnigan was a former President of the Professional Photographers Society of Greater Washington D.C., a member of the Professional Photographers of America (achieving the […]
Thomas James Abercrombie, 75, a legendary National Geographic magazine photographer and writer, an NPPA life member since 1952 and a WHNPA member since 1960, died Monday afternoon at Johns Hopkins Hospital following heart surgery. Abercrombie was on the magazine¹s staff for 38 years. For the October 1966 issue of the […]
Maurice Johnson passed away at home on December 22. He was 86 years old. Maurice was the longest serving director of the Press Photographers Gallery. He was the superintendent from 1969 until his retirement in 1998. Prior to his public service, he was a prize winning photographer for the International News […]
Former WHNPA President Arthur V. Lodovichetti died in Elizabeth City, N.C. on December 8, 2005. Art moved to NC in 1975 with his wife Helen who predeceased him in 1991. He was ninety-six years old and still actively photographing the world around him until a fall and ensuing infection claimed […]
12/2/05 ATLANTA (AP) _ Michael Evans, the White House photojournalist most famous for capturing an iconic image of a laughing Ronald Reagan wearing a worn cowboy hat, died Thursday at his home in Atlanta. He was 61. He died after a four year battle with cancer. After Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter […]
2/13/04 WASHINGTON (AP) – Larry Krebs, the journalist who captured on film a drunken incident involving a powerful congressman and a stripper, died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 81. Krebs worked as a cameraman for WMAL-TV, now WJLA-TV. His specialty was covering police and firefighters, and he got […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Roberto Borea, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who produced thousands of compelling pictures from wars to the Olympics during a 30-year career with The Associated Press, died January 6. He was 51. Borea died at his home outside Baltimore from stomach cancer. He had been working as AP’s […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Barry L. Thumma, a retired Associated Press photographer who covered four presidents, has died. He was 56. Thumma died at home last week (November 25) in Lancaster, Pa., from complications with multiple myeloma. In his 20-year career with the AP, he traveled on more than 100 Air […]
Paul S. Conklin, the first official photographer of the Peace Corps and renowned for his ability to capture the warmth of the human spirit, has died. He was 74. Mr. Conklin, who as a freelancer shot the famous photograph of a Vietnam War protester placing a daisy in the barrel […]