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Richard Gwin
I was born in Pratt, Kan., in 1950, graduating from Pratt High School 1968. I attended Pratt Community Junior College and Kansas University, majoring in fine arts and worked through the photojournalism sequence.
Before joining the Lawrence Journal-World, where I now serve as senior photographer, I worked for the Hutchinson News and the Wichita Eagle.
I have several hobbies that keep me busy, either gardening in the summer months or working on my current house, and when I don't have anything else to do I work on rebuilding a 1949 Ford Anglia from England. There's also always another trip to Cuba to plan, where for each of the last 19 years I've traveled and written stories and thousands of photos.
I have been a photographer for the Journal-World for 30 years, and attribute a lot of my success to the people of Lawrence that I've photographed, getting ideas and becoming part of the community.
Recent stories
- Searchers recover body of Tonganoxie man, 30, from Lone Star Lake in southern Douglas County
- Dive crews, emergency responders were searching for man who was swimming at Lone Star Lake
- 02:28 p.m., August 13, 2011 Updated 11:20 p.m.
- A 30-year-old Tonganoxie man died while he was swimming about 70 feet offshore at Lone Star Lake in southern Douglas County, said Douglas County Sheriff spokesman Sgt. Steve Lewis.
- Behind the Lens: A new way to look at photography
- July 10, 2011
- A Silicon Valley startup has developed a camera that captures more light, allowing images to be refocused after the fact.
- McLouth student Justin Johnston shot, killed on school trip to Costa Rica; classmates returning to Kansas
- 10:32 a.m., June 2, 2011 Updated 12:48 a.m.
- A student at McLouth High School has died while on a school trip to Costa Rica, the victim of an overnight shooting.
- Morel mushrooms plentiful after wet winter in northeast Kansas
- The fungus is now among us
- April 26, 2011
- It’s spring, and that can mean just one thing: morel mushrooms. This year’s harvest will be bountiful because of the large amount of moisture last winter.
- Behind the Lens: Money-saving lens adapters
- April 24, 2011
- If you have an SLR or a DSLR camera with another brand of lenses, the Fotodiox Mount Adapters allow you to use your lenses on the film/digital camera body even if the brand isn’t the same.
- Behind the Lens: Documenting the Pony Express
- July 11, 2010
- Journal-World photographer accompanies this year’s 150th anniversary ride.
- Myriad scenes greet photographer documenting re-enactment of the Pony Express
- June 18, 2010
- When I was hired to document the 150th anniversary of the Pony Express by Arleta and Ken Martin, of Marysville, a couple I met while covering the Downtown Christmas parades in Lawrence, I had no idea what was in store.
- Quinceañera ceremony for young Lawrence girl brings Latin American tradition to Lawrence
- May 17, 2010
- On one of my travels to Cuba, I saw young girls in white gowns being paraded around their town in the back of a Jeep. I soon learned it was the ceremony called Quinceañera, marking the coming-of-age of a 15-year-old girl, complete with a church ceremony and a party.
- Behind the Lens: Bald eagles make fine subjects
- April 18, 2010
- Some 30 years ago I saw my first bald eagle and a golden eagle at the Bowersock Dam, slowly sailing the sky over the river. It was pretty breathtaking.
- Behind the Lens: Spot news calls for versatile equipment, quick thinking
- February 28, 2010
- One has to quickly figure out what equipment is needed to cover an event and not be bogged down, but still be safe…
Recent photos
Lawrence High's Anna Wright, right, tries for a steal from SM West's Whitney Crow on Monday February 6, 2012.
Kionna Coleman gets up for a block on Monday February 6, 2012.
Lawrence freshman Marissa Pope drives to the hoop against Shawnee Mission West on Monday, February 6, 2012.
LHS sophmore Kionna Coleman, right, fights with the Vikings' Whitney Crow for possession on Monday, February 6, 2012.
Lawrence High's Kionna Coleman rebounds against Shawnee Mission West's Whitney Crow on Monday, February 6, 2012.
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