It was an ordinary day. Surfing on my computer and looking once again at a few photographs taken by long-time photojournalist Dan Marsha who lived and worked in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dan has been with the Lancaster Newspaper for years. He has taken photos of just about anything imaginable from photos of Kings, Queens and Presidents to photos of horrible accident scenes. It was Dan's job and he had no choice but to take the photos of what he was told were needed for a story in the daily newspaper in Lancaster, Pennsylvnia. Dan was one of my go-to photographers when I needed a speaker for one of my photography classes at Manheim Township High School. He always found time to spend in my class and explain to my students how each photo was taken and for what story in the daily newspaper. The students loved to hear his stories and to see the images he would project onto the screen in my classroom. Some photographs were beautiful while others were horrific. My only request of Dan was that he wouldn't present any photographs that wouldn't have been acceptable for the local newspaper. I made that request of Dan, since I had seen a few of his photographs that would have been overwhelming for my high school classes. For many years Dan captured his images in black and white, but eventually they were taken in color which would be used as
Photojournalist Dan Marscha |
Amish buggies in parade |
Barack Obama visiting Lancaster |
Former student who became a well-known doctor.... Dr. Stephen Diamontoni |
Religious passage tattooed onto young girl's back |
One of Lancaster's oldest residents celebrating a birthday |
Young man "shooting-up" |
Lancaster County farmers at work |
Landis Valley Farm Museum showing displays |
Paul Newman in movie scene |
Amish youth |
Fishermen in the spring on the Mighty Susquehanna River |
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