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7 December 1941 | | Pearl Harbor | Tempest Anderson (1846, 7 December - 1913, 26 August) was born - Great Britain, Yorkshire, York. Amateur photographer and vulcanologist. He was a member of the Royal Society Commission which was appointed to investigate the aftermath of the eruptions of Soufriere volcano, St Vincent and Mont Pelee, Martinique, West Indies which both erupted in More... Paul Caponigro (1932, 7 December - ) was born - US, MA, Boston. American photographer (Father of John Paul Caponigro) Miodrag Djordjevic (1919, 7 December - 1994, 16 January) was born - Serbia, Valjevo. Doctor, educator and photographer. He worked as an independent artist, then as a Professor of Photography at the School of Industrial Design in Belgrade (1963-84) and as head of the medical photography at the Medical Faculty in Belgrade (1972-84). More... James Fee (1949, 7 December - 2006, 4 September) was born - US, IA, Knoxville. American photographer. In one of his books ‘James Fee: The Peleliu Project‘ he examined the island battle site where American and Japanese forces clashed in September 1944 - this was a reassessment of family memories as his father was a More... Marc Ferrez (1843, 7 December - 1923, 12 January) was born - Brazil, Rio de Janiero. Brazilian photographer - he took a wide variety of subjects but his urban studies taken for the government are particularly notable. These include the ‘Central Avenue Album‘ which is a useful reference point for Rio at the beginning of More... Hans Finsler (1891, 7 December - 1972, 3 April) was born - Switzerland, Heilbronn. Swiss photographer and teacher. Edwin C. Hirschoff (1905, 7 December - 2002, 13 May) was born - Switzerland, Zurich. Corine Hörmann (1968, 7 December - ) was born - The Netherlands, Rotterdam. Contemporary Dutch photographer. Hippolyte Jouvin (1825, 7 December - 1889, 3 August) was born - France, Clinchamp. Val Wilmer (1941, 7 December - ) was born - UK, Yorkshire, Harrogate. Loomis Dean (1917 - 2005, 7 December) died - US, CA, Sonoma. Photographer for LIFE magazine from 1946 to 1969 with 52 covers to his credit; he was on staff 1947-61 and 1966-69. In 1956 he photographed the survivors when the ocean liner Andrea Doria sank. Paul-Émile Miot (1827, 11 February - 1900, 7 December) died - Paris. Raised in Ireland, he came to Paris in 1843 where he joined the French naval school (5 November 1843). As naval officer, hydrograph, draftsman and photographer he made several circumnavigations of the world. His early photographs were taken in More... Ralph Morse (1917, 23 October - 2014, 7 December) died - US, FL, Delray Beach. Photojournalist who worked for for LIFE magazine from the age of 24 and went on to cover the Second World War including the Liberation of Paris. He also worked for TIME magazines. Vernon J. Roufs (1908, 22 May - 2004, 7 December) died - US, MN, Minneapolis, Excelsior. | January February March April May June July August September October November December
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