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	Carl Mydans - Old State House Museum >> Hard Times: Arkansas Depression Era Photos
		Carl Mydans grew up in Medford, Massachusetts, near Boston.
		Mydans always took a camera with him when covering a story and soon was as skilled a photographer as he was a writer.
		Roy Stryker hired Mydans in 1935 for the FSA photography project.
	www.oldstatehouse.com /exhibits/virtual/hard_times/carl_mydans (160 words)

	Carl Mydans, 97; his enduring images helped define 20th century - The Boston Globe
		Mydans traveled the world to depict landmarks of history -- the gaunt faces of 1930s dust bowl farmers, General Douglas MacArthur wading ashore on his return to the Philippine island of Luzon in 1945, French women with their heads shaved as punishment for "collaboration" with the Nazis, Japan's surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri.
		Mydans was the fifth photographer hired, joining icons Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Thomas McAvoy, and Peter Stackpole on a staff that would set standards for news and feature photography.
		Mydans soon returned to the war, covering Allied invasions in Italy and France, and later the recapture of the Philippines -- including the liberation of the Santo Tomas camp, where he had been a prisoner.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/08/18/carl_mydans_97_celebrated_chronicler_of_20th_century_1092804244?pg=full (884 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Photographer Carl Mydans Dies; Covered War and the Depression (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Carl Mydans, 97, who died of a heart ailment Aug. 16 at his home in Larchmont, N.Y., was one of the most celebrated war photographers and roaming journalists of the past century.
		Carl Mayer Mydans, the son of a classical oboist, was born in Boston on May 20, 1907, and raised in nearby Medford.
		Mydans spent time on the Finnish-Russian front, taking shots in such bitterly cold conditions that he hid two cameras under his sheepskin coat and alternated their use to prevent them from freezing up.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A9837-2004Aug17?language=printer (1283 words)

	Carl Mydans \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Carl Mydans, who photographed 20th-century events from the Great Depression to wars and politics and was a charter member of the Life magazine staff that pioneered magazine photojournalism, has died.
		Mydans traveled the world with his cameras, witnessing and recording landmarks of history – the gaunt faces of 1930s Dust Bowl farmers, Gen. Douglas MacArthur wading ashore in the Philippines, French women having their heads shaved as punishment for "collaboration" with the Nazis, and the Japanese surrender aboard the battleship Missouri in 1945.
		Mydans captured "the gut-level sense of the small moment symbolizing a larger conflict," said Marianne Fulton, former curator of the George Eastman House collection in Rochester, N.Y. Mr.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040822/news_1m22mydans.html (490 words)

	Remembering Carl Mydans by Dirck Halstead - The Digital Journalist
		Carl Mydans was often overlooked when compared with some of his more colorful colleagues, such as Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White and Gordon Parks.
		The general knew that Carl had remained behind with the defenders of Corregidor when they were overrun by the Japanese, and the Japanese had imprisoned him and his wife for over two years.
		Carl's tireless work in the sweltering heat of Manila produced some outstanding images, including one of the several covers during the campaign and a singularly stunning image that showed not only his skill as a photographer, but his sense of history.
	www.digitaljournalist.org /issue0409/halstead.html (1441 words)

	Carl Mydans \| Obituaries \| News \| Telegraph
		The son of a classical oboist, Carl Mydans was born in Boston on May 20 1907 and spent his childhood at nearby Medford.
		Mydans took particular pride in his pictures (captured from the top of a gun turret) of the Japanese surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
		Carl Mydans, who died on Monday, is survived by a son and a daughter.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/08/19/db1902.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/08/19/ixportal.html (804 words)

	SR.com: Life photographer Mydans, chronicler of wars, dies at 97
		Carl Mydans, the much-honored Life magazine war photographer who took one of the most celebrated pictures of World War II – a resolute Gen. Douglas MacArthur wading onto Luzon Island in the Philippines – has died.
		Mydans, a native of the Boston area whose father was an oboist, received a bachelor's degree from Boston University, where he had worked on the student newspaper.
		Mydans' famed picture of MacArthur was taken Jan. 9, 1945, when Mydans was the only still photographer selected to go with the general when MacArthur returned to Luzon in the shank of the war.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=22316 (919 words)

	Bringing home the battlefield - Obituaries - www.smh.com.au
		Mydans began his career as a photographer during the Depression working for the Resettlement Administration, a federal agency that became better known when its name was changed to the Farm Security Administration.
		Carl Mydans was born on May 20, 1907, in Boston, the son of a professional musician and the grandson of a bookbinder who had immigrated from Russia.
		Mydans photographed the preparations for the hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in 1946, and in 1947 he and his wife were put in charge of Time-Life's bureau in Tokyo.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/08/18/1092765010157.html (1306 words)

	Guardian \| Carl Mydans
		Mydans ran along the sand until the craft headed inwards, and as he had expected: "I was standing in my dry shoes waiting." His photograph showed MacArthur sloshing towards the camera in his open-necked uniform and signature dark glasses, accompanied by staff officers and helmeted troops.
		Mydans later photographed MacArthur at the Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri.
		Mydans happened to be in Fukui in 1948, when a major earthquake struck.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4997800-103684,00.html (805 words)

	Carl Mydans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Carl Mydans has been presenet in one of the most historic events of World War II, the Japanese surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri.
		In 1947, Carl became the chief bureau in Tokyo, for Time-Life.
		Carl Mydans had the opportunity to be present and record the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/st/~jfeldman/carl.htm (368 words)

	Photography - Carl Mydans at GALLERY M (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the early days, Mydans would bring a second-hand camera around with him on stories; it soon became clear that he was as talented a photographer as he was a writer.
		Mydans was subsequently sent back into war in Europe for the battles of Italy at Cassino, Rome and Florence and the American-Free French invasion of southern France in August, 1944.
		Mydans' willingness to plunge into the heart of any international drama, no matter how fraught with danger, was evident in his literally earth-shaking coverage of the 1948 earthquake in Fukui, Japan.
	www.gallerym.com /artist.cfm?ID=30 (664 words)

	Carl Mydans Summary
		Carl Mydans was born in Boston on May 20, 1907.
		Mydans joined Walker Evans and Arthur Rothstein as the core of the remarkable team of photographers assembled by Roy Stryker to document rural America.
		Mydans called himself a "story-teller with pictures" and always maintained that he did not photograph war because he liked it, but because he thought it was important to make an historic record of his times.
	www.bookrags.com /Carl_Mydans (774 words)

	Carl Mydans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carl Mydans (May 18, 1907 – August 16, 2004) was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration and LIFE.
		In 1941, the photographer and his wife were captured by the invading Japanese forces in the Philippines, held for nearly a year in Manila, then for another year in Shanghai, China, before they were released as part of a prisoner-of-war exchange.
		By 1944, Mydans was back in the Philippines to cover MacArthur's landing, where he took some of his most famous pictures.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Mydans (258 words)

	Carl Mydans, 1907-2004 by Bill Foley - The Digital Journalist
		Carl Mydans, one of the first photographers hired by LIFE magazine in the 1930s, had photographed this event, as he had so many other historic and less than historic events in the last 50 years.
		Carl, sitting in his wheelchair in the living room, smiled as he watched his daughter Misty and granddaughter Claire talking with Gordon Parks, and posing for photographs.
		Carl was watching me, and I stood at the foot of his bed and gave him the salute.
	www.dirckhalstead.org /issue0409/foley.html (3183 words)

	» Carl Mydans News - Events Quarterly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stryker hired Mydans, along with several other photographers who were also later to become legendary, such as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Arthur Rothstein, to document the conditions of people and their surroundings most affected by the Depression.
		When war erupted in Europe, Mydans and his wife, LIFE researcher Shelley Smith, became the magazine’s first husband and wife team to be sent overseas.
		Mydans received many important awards and citations, including the annual Infinity Award for Lifetime Achievement from the International Center of Photography and the 1991 Guest of Honor award at the prestigious International Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan, France.
	www.eventsquarterly.com /blog/?p=105 (738 words)

	Blog of Death: Carl Mydans
		Carl Mayer Mydans, a veteran photographer who witnessed and recorded historical events for Life magazine, died on Aug. 16 of heart failure.
		Raised in Medford, Mass., Mydans was still a student at Boston University when he joined the staff of The Boston Globe as a reporter.
		Mydans remained with Life magazine for all of its 36 years as a weekly.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001130.html (602 words)

	[Deathwatch] Carl Mydans, photojournalist, 97 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		U.S. Photographer Mydans, Pioneer at Life, Dies Tue Aug 17 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Magazine photojournalist Carl Mydans, a pioneer of photo essays at Life magazine in the 1930s, has died at age 97.
		Mydans was sent back to war in Europe for pivotal battles in Italy and France.
		By 1945, Mydans was back in the Philippines to cover MacArthur's landing, where he took some of his most famous pictures.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2004-August/000836.html (429 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Obituaries - Carl Mydans
		CARL Mydans was a much-honoured photographer who took one of the most celebrated pictures of the Second World War, showing a resolute General Douglas MacArthur wading on to Luzon Island in the Philippines.
		Mydans’ famed picture of MacArthur was taken on 9 January, 1945, when he was the only still photographer selected to go join the general on his return to Luzon.
		Mydans, whose wife died in 2002, is survived by a son, a daughter and two grandchildren.
	news.scotsman.com /obituaries.cfm?id=960382004 (1111 words)

	CNN - A lifetime of telling stories with pictures - Apr. 17, 1997
		Mydans was taken prisoner while covering the war, and spent nearly two years in a prison camp in the Philippines.
		Mydans turns 90 next month, and his work is the subject of an upcoming exhibit in New York.
		Mydans' first job as a photographer was with the Farm Security Administration in 1936, a government agency established during the Great Depression to help poor farm workers.
	www.cnn.com /US/9704/17/world.in.focus (450 words)

	The Salem News Online
		PIC:x.gifSUMMARY: NEW YORK -- Carl Mydans, who photographed 20th century events from the Great Depression to wars and politics and was a charter member of the Life magazine staff that pioneered magazine photojournalism, has died.
		NEW YORK -- Carl Mydans, who photographed 20th century events from the Great Depression to wars and politics and was a charter member of the Life magazine staff that pioneered magazine photojournalism, has died.
		Mydans died Monday night of heart failure at his home in Larchmont, according to his son, Seth.
	www.ecnnews.com /cgi-bin/s/briweds.pl?slug-myd18 (424 words)

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		Carl Mydans was born in Medford, Massachusetts in 1907.
		Mydans would take a second-hand camera with him when he went out for stories; this is how his talent for photography was discovered.
		Carl Mydans photographed people and places in a variety of locations.(1) His work for the FSA took him to eastern states ranging from Vermont to Tennessee, and to such midwestern states as Indiana and Wisconsin.
	www.ettc.net /njarts/details.cfm?ID=461 (697 words)

	Carl Mydans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Carl Mydans has been presenet in one of the most historic events of World War II, the Japanese surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri.
		In 1947, Carl became the chief bureau in Tokyo, for Time-Life.
		Carl Mydans had the opportunity to be present and record the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/st/~jfeldman/carl.htm (368 words)

	Photo exhibit in Santa Fe makes time stand still (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mydans went on to shoot for Life magazine, a ticket that gave him entree to the world and the events we now call history.
		Mydans had that "tremendous instinct, like many photojournalists," to anticipate the great, or potentially great, photo and to know where to be, said Monroe.
		Had Mydans been able at that stage in his life, Monroe said, he would have gotten access to Ground Zero to chronicle the work of coping, just as he did during the Depression.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05152/513410.stm (1095 words)

	Taphophilia (dot) Com - Carl Mydans, 97
		Mydans carried out the full gamut of typical Life stories, from Hollywood celebrities to Texas cattle roundups, but his most important assignment, starting with the Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939, was as a war photographer.
		Mydans was sent by Life's editors to cover the Allied liberation of Italy and France and later back to the Pacific theater.
		Mydans was among the last of the photography staff to get to the New York office after John F. Kennedy's assassination.
	www.taphophilia.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1645 (942 words)

	The Heart Behind the Eye \| TIME
		Mydans, living and working in a time of violence, has seen more of history than most men, and recorded so much of it that immunity to ordinary feeling might seem a natural result.
		As the Japanese overran the Philippines, Mydans and his wife watched from the shore as the freighter that might have taken them to safety was sunk at her mooring by a Japanese plane.
		Mydans' account of those years is remarkably free of rancor: he has compassion for his abused campmates, admiration for their capacity to endure..
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,825949,00.html (606 words)

	In Memoriam: Carl Mydans, 97 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Photojournalist and war correspondent Carl Mydans, one of the original five photographers hired to shoot for the launch of Life magazine, died at his home in Westchester County, New York, on August 16.
		Mydans, he says, "had something that very few of us are blessed with: a love affair that's so overpowering that it keeps the entire life in balance, personally and professionally."
		Mydans is survived by a son, Seth, a daughter, Misty, and several grandchildren.
	www.pdnonline.com /pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000615537 (612 words)

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