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$40.00 (+ $5 s/h)

Limited Edition (2013)
11" x 8.5"
90 pages

Published by Photosmith Books
La Grande, Oregon

Book Design by redbat design

FRED HILL:
A Photographer's Life

Limited edition festschrift portfolio by student of Ansel Adams and Minor White.

Edited and introduced by George Venn. Published by Photosmith Books, La Grande, OR, 2013. (90 pages, award-winning color cover, 71 b/ w photos, 21 original texts, artist notes, bibliography.) This is a rare, limited edited edition festschrift portfolio and companion volume to DARKROOM SOLDIER (2007). $40 plus S/ H.

Fred Hill Photograph Collection (online)
World War II and Union County (Oreg.) Photography

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: George Venn, Writer, Eastern Oregon University     1
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I. ON HIS LIFE AND TIMES     3

• Welcome: Eric Valentine, Senior Judge, State of Oregon     4
• Rev. Wayne Pickens, First Baptist Church, La Grande     5
• George Venn, Writer, Eastern Oregon University     6
• Dixie Lund, President (emeritus), Eastern Oregon University     8
• Lynn Hill     9
• Ed Hill     10
• Stan Hill     11
• Jean Hill McGrogan     11
• Vivian Hill Matthews     11
• Wayne Hill     12
• Fred Parish, S/Sgt Medics, U.S. Air Force     13
• Mike Allegre, Office of Veterans Affairs, Salem     14

II. HE SPEAKS HIS OWN PIECE Extempore     17

• Oregon Boy (1920 – 1942)     18
• Pacific Theater Service (1943 – 1945)     31
• Lucky California Years (1946 – 1987)     39
• Grande Ronde Homecoming (1988 – Present)     58

III. ON HIS CRAFT AND ART     69

• Introduction: Eric Valentine, Senior Judge, State of Oregon     70
• Minnie Tucker, Season’s Faire, La Grande     71
• Cory Peeke, Director, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University     72
• Karen Clay, Director, Pierce Library, Eastern Oregon University     72
• Carolyn Young, Union County Museum, Union     73
• Steve Antell, Photographer, La Grande     74
• Jeff Gunderson, Librarian, San Francisco Art Institute     75
• Jan Boles, Photographer and Archivist, The College of Idaho     75
• Dr. Mary Ruwell, Phd, Archivist and Chief, Special Collections,
  ​Air Force Academy     76
• Dr. John Page, Physician, Grande Ronde Hospital     76
• Closing: Eric Valentine, Senior Judge, State of Oregon     77

IV. FURTHER READING AND ARTIST’S NOTES     79