A Tribute to Ray Andrews

On January 15, 2008, I was honored to have my editorial printed in the Des Moines Register.  It was a tribute to Ray Andrews, my photography teacher, who died in November.  I was moved by the thought that I could not just let Ray slip away.  He was such an unassuming and modest man.  He shunned attention and lived life simply.  But Ray was powerful in his own way because of his knowledge of black and white photography.  We were going to set up my darkroom this winter and now that has been on hold.  I think of him often and now I am blogging about him hoping that this message reaches him in the blogosphere.  More people need to know who he was and the contributions he left behind in those of us who have fond memories of his teaching and of his work.  He is the Ansel Adams I was lucky enough to know.  This is for you Ray. 

Fondly.  Jann