Virtual Meeting on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 7:00 PM CDT

Phil was staff photographer for UPI and AP  for over 50 years and has some amazing stories and photos to share.  Some of his assignments were to go to Cuba to photograph Fidel Castro, covering the early civil rights movements, NASA, and major sporting events.  Back when he started covering civil rights, the environment was much more hostile to photographers than today. Many of these photos were taken with high-speed infrared film. He has a story of being rescued by FBI agents.  As staff photographer, his work was owned by UPI and AP so he doesn’t even have copies of much of his iconic work, but much of it can be found online.

For more very interesting information on Phil and to see what many people think about him, go to this link: http://aldiazphoto.blogspot.com/2016/02/photojournalist-phillip-k-sandlin.html.

Here is one example of his work: a photo of Jack Nicklaus: http://en.espn.co.uk/golf/sport/story/81624.html

Phil lives in Florida and will be joining our meeting from there.

Here are a few examples of his work - all photos by Phillip K. Sandlin

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This will be a virtual meeting. The instructions on joining the meeting are at "Organization > Virtual Meeting Instructions".