Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I don?t know Phil Tarver, but is great from you mention him as a tribute to so many anonymous people who belong to the history. Lluis El 26/06/2015, a les 18.11, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va escriure: > Good photographers do sometimes get the recognition they deserve. Phil > Tarver was a young U.S. Navy aerial photographer in the South Pacific > during WWII. After leaving the Navy, Phil was the first photographer > hired at Arnold Engineering Development Center in 1954, charged with > documenting the facilities and people of this new USAF ground test > facility. His photographs with his trusty Nikon served to inform the > public and government officials in Washington of the importance of the > work being done here. His images were found on the cover of Aviation > Week, and other influential publications, and won acclamation wherever > they appeared. The images still grace the entry areas and conference > rooms of the complex, and are as impressive today as when they were > created. > > Last night, at the annual AEDC Fellows Banquet, Phil was inducted as a > Lifetime Achievement Fellow. While he was surrounded by well wishers, I > was able to grab one snapshot. When I spoke with him for a few moments, > he was complaining about the difficulty in obtaining film for his trusty > cameras. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tarver+FM.tif.html > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information