If you're a Delawarean there's a good chance Fred Comegys has taken your photo. For over 50 years Fred worked at The News Journal, working his way from errand boy to the most well-known photojournalist in Delaware and one of the premier newspaper photojournalists in the country in the 1970's. Fred joins us to talk about starting out as a photo engraver, scaling the Delaware Memorial Bridge, covering Muhammad Ali, Karl Wallenda, and the career of Joe Biden - and that time he got thrown out of The White House.
Since we reference a few images during the podcast, we've provided links to what we could find so you can see what we're seeing:
Muhammad Ali
https://www.delawareonline.com/videos/news/local/firststatefocus/2016/06/11/85782150/
Fred's Delaware Memorial Bridge selfie
https://www.artartworks.com/exhibitions/fred-comegys-photographs-at-delaware-art-museum-wilmington-usa-4735/
Iron workers in Wilmington and the roller coaster
https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/comegys-five-decades-of-photography/
Karl Wallenda
https://www.facebook.com/fredcomegysphotography/posts/2299045300350438
KISS back in 1977
https://www.facebook.com/fredcomegysphotography/photos/a.1645681989020109/2447091072212526/?type=3&theater
And a great video on how photo engraving was done in the 1950's
https://vimeo.com/134626010
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