vrijdag, december 02, 2005
Celebrated Reagan photographer dies at 61
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, the National Press Photographers Association said.
After Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980, Evans became the new president's personal photographer, a job independent of the White House's press office. For the next four years, he made a pictorial record of Reagan's administration, standing behind the president when he was shot in 1981.
"I just lowered my camera as the shots rang out," Evans wrote in July 2004 for the Digital Journalist. "Instinctively, I fired a frame as I raised my camera, then took one more before I dropped to the ground myself."
Bron: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.
Ronald Reagan. Foto Michael Evans.
He died after a four year battle with cancer, the National Press Photographers Association said.
After Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in 1980, Evans became the new president's personal photographer, a job independent of the White House's press office. For the next four years, he made a pictorial record of Reagan's administration, standing behind the president when he was shot in 1981.
"I just lowered my camera as the shots rang out," Evans wrote in July 2004 for the Digital Journalist. "Instinctively, I fired a frame as I raised my camera, then took one more before I dropped to the ground myself."
Bron: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.
Ronald Reagan. Foto Michael Evans.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 21:58
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