Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice! It is great to meet regularly. I have two groups of close friends - photographers and bankers - that meet monthly, and it is always great fun! Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 12:33?AM Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I'm part of a group of seven that were all Photo Editor at the University > of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's student newspaper, the UWM POST. I'm the oldest > and the first (1969-70), and the others followed me into the seventies. We > all went on to be award-winning professional photographers and now try to > meet monthly for breakfast. > > There were four of us at today's gathering and I took some pictures. Dave > was my colleague at UWM Photo Services for 12 years before leaving to work > at Buell Motorcycles > (he and I toured the UK and Isle of Man on motorcycles in 1993). > < > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/20240312_MR_Dave_DSF8250.jpg.html > > > > After some newspaper work, Dan got to be Director of Photo Services at > Marquette University, where he met and photographed Mother Theresa, among > others. > < > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/20240312_MR_Dan_DSF8248.jpg.html > > > > Paul also shot for a newspaper before getting the job of Director of Photo > Services at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. > < > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/20240312_MR_Paul_R_DSF8257.jpg.html > > > > So in 1998, when I became Director of Photo Services at UWM, we held the > same position at the three biggest colleges in town. > > Not present today were Karen, who had a career at the Milwaukee Journal and > served as President of the Wisconsin News Photographers Association, > another Paul, who is still working as an international stock photo > consultant, and Peter, for a few years personal photographer to the former > Mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington. > > I'm so fortunate to have such friends. > -- > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > amagayneroshak at gmail.com > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >