Wally McNamee explained

Wally McNamee
Birth Date:29 November 1932
Birth Place:Harrisonburg, Virginia
Death Place:Fairfax County, Virginia
Occupation:Photojournalist

Wally McNamee (1932–2017) was an American photojournalist. Over his career, which included work for The Washington Post and Newsweek, he covered 10 United States Presidents, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the Olympics.[1] He was named the White House News Photographers' Association's Photographer of the Year four times (1957, 1968, 1974, and 1983) and received National Press Photographers Association's highest honor, the Sprague Memorial Award, in 2005.[2] His son, Win, is also a photojournalist.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Barnes . Bart . Wally McNamee, prizewinning news photographer, dies at 84 . . 2017-11-22 . en-US . 0190-8286 . mdy-all .
  2. Web site: Photojournalist Wally McNamee Dies at 84. November 22, 2017.
  3. Web site: Anstead . Elizabeth . Generations: Wally and Win McNamee . The Digital Journalist . July 1998 . 2019-11-03 . mdy-all .
  4. Book: Videotaped Remarks to the White House News Photographers' Association, May 10, 2000 . Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States 2000 . 878 . 2001 . en . 978-0-16-050845-5 . Government Printing Office . mdy-all . https://books.google.com/books?id=1dLGaeRX6f8C&pg=PA878 .