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Ed Clark
Posted Saturday, January 23, at 2:00 PM
I'm sometimes asked about the favorite stories I've written in my time at the newspaper. One of my favorites, perhaps my favorite, came within a year or two after I started here in the mid-1980s. I got to do a telephone interview with Ed Clark, whom I later had the good pleasure of meeting in person.
Mr. Clark, born in Raus, became one of the most noted photographers in the history of Life magazine. Among some of his famous images:
There were many, many more. He took a portrait of Eisenhower using one of Civil War photographer Matthew Brady's old cameras. He was the first Western photojournalist allowed into the Soviet Union in 30 years.
Mr. Clark had a great personal story as well. In the early 1960s, he lost his eyesight, only to get it back in the 1980s due to advanced surgery. At the time I first interviewed him, he was living in Maryland, but he later moved back to Tennessee, got married at the Bedford County Courthouse, and had darkroom privileges at Nashville Tech, which was delighted to have him as a resource for its students.
He moved to Sarasota, Fla., after that, where he died in 2000 at age 88.
I bring it up because the Center for the Arts in Woodbury currently has an exhibit of Mr. Clark's photography. Quoting from the press release:
Here's a great opportunity to learn more about a famous Bedford County native.
Welcome, Dani Rae! The newest member of the extended T-G family, Dani Rae Fowler, arrived last night by C-section. She weighed six pounds, four ounces. "She is perfect and so cute!" reads the text message that Kent Flanagan received. We congratulate Sadie and Jack on their new arrival, and know that all of those who have followed Sadie's columns feel the same way...
Haiti We're looking for any local connections to the Haiti story -- churches that have been there in the past on mission trips, local relief efforts, what have you. E-mail me at jcarney@t-g.com or call me at 684-1200.
'Hoarders' tonight An episode of the A&E show "Hoarders" which was partly shot in Shelbyville will air tonight at 9 p.m. I'd been working for weeks on talking to Dorothy Breninger of the show about a story, but between her schedule (I was out of town last week) and mine, and some uncertainty over when the episode was going to air, we weren't able to publish a story before the episode aired. I'm still in touch with her and hopefully we'll have a story later in the week...
Sad news Many of you have followed Sadie Fowler's columns about her father. I'm sad to report that he passed away over the weekend. We'll have more details on arrangements as they become available. I'm sure Sadie and her family would appreciate your prayers...
Google Wave For those of you who are in on the Google Wave test, I've just created a public wave entitled "Shelbyville and Bedford County, Tenn." You should be able to find it by searching for with:public, Shelbyville, and Bedford.
DVD deals I've bought two new DVDs (not used rental copies) in the past two weeks for a total of less than $12. And they were both movies I actually wanted to see! The first movie was the summer blockbuster "Star Trek," which I pre-ordered for $9.98. Walmart.com has started an online price war with Amazon and Barnes & Noble for pre-orders of hotly-anticipated books and DVDs. ...
T-G Thanksgiving dinner We locked the front doors and enjoyed a holiday meal today at the T-G: ...
Thoughts on the parade issue The issue of whether or not the two high school marching bands should have participated in this year's Veterans Day Parade has attracted a lot of back-and-forth discussion on our web site. In reading the discussion, several things occurred to me...
Doug's back! I was just about to call security and report the strange character wandering into the newsroom this morning, when a strange sense of familiarity took over, as if I'd seen this fellow somewhere before.... Turns out he works here. In all seriousness, all of us in the building are thrilled to have Doug Dezotell back at his desk after several weeks out recovering from heart surgery. Welcome back, Doug! It wasn't the same here without you...
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John I. Carney is city editor of the Times-Gazette.
Hot topics Ed Clark(1 ~ 12:09 PM, Feb 1)
Welcome, Dani Rae!
Haiti
'Hoarders' tonight
Sad news
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