Than 150 photos around the kent state massacre of 1970 in which four students lives were lost. So without further ado, please welcome howard ruffner. [applause] howard first of all, i have to say it is nice to see some familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives. My daughter is here with my soninlaw, and his parents are here. People from near where i live. But most of all, i have to think my wife for being here. If she will just raise her hand. [applause] as most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a real, good project, your stress is the one who picks up the other stuff, and laura kept me organized and kept me going and made sure i did not lose too much of a focus on where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me at the beginning before i attended kent state, my introduction to photography. And then the rest of the story unrolled atwhen i kent state in march, 1969. I will give you a clips
applause applause first of all, i have to say, its nice to see familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives. My daughter is out here with my soninlaw and his parents are here. Most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. If she will just raise her hand. As most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a real good project, your spouse is the one who picks up the other stuff, and lark kept me organized, kept me going and made sure i did not lose too much focus of where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me in the beginning before i attended kent state, my introduction to photography, and the rest of the story starts with when i enrolled in kent state in march of 1969. I will give you a glimpse of the campus life i knew before may 4. The rest is about the photography of my experience. Thats me in the photo standing next to my mom looking up at my newest brother, rick. Thats rick. The clev
On the cover of life magazine. And he has published a book about his experience, moments of truth. Thank you for coming out tonight. We are hosting Howard Ruffner. During his College Years he was a photographer for the yearbook and newspaper. Moments of truth is a collection of more than 150 photos around the kent state massacre of 1970 in which four lives were lost. Without further ado, please welcome Howard Ruffner. [applause] Howard Ruffner first of all, i have to say it is nice to see some familiar faces out here. A lot of people from pasadena village and relatives. My daughter is here with my soninlaw and his parents. And people from near where i live. Most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. [applause] as most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a big project, your spouse picks up the other stuff and laura kept me organized and going and major i did not lose too much of a focus on where i was going with this. Let me get started. Theention of my book intention of my
First of all, i have to say it is nice to see familiar faces, lots of people from pasadena village, my daughter and soninlaw and his parents are here. It is kind of people where i live. But most of all, ive got to thank my wife for being here. If shell just raise her hand. applause as most of you know whenever you endeavor in a good project, your spouse picks up the other stuff. She kept me going and made sure i didnt lose too much of a focus of where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me in the beginning before i attended kent state my introduction to photograph, and then the rest of my story is when i enrolled in kent state in march of 1969. I will give you a glimpse of the campus before may 4. And the rest is my photography and my experience on campus, may 1 through may 4. That is me and my mom looking up at my newest brother rick. Cleveland press back in those days thought a family of six boys made a good news story
Ruffner talks about the photos he took on may 4, 1970s, when National Guard troops shot and killed four students at kent state ohio during an. Ntivietnam war protest a student and photographer at the time, one of his photos was used on the cover of like life magazine. Thank you all for coming out tonight. We are hosting photographer howard ruffner, who during his College Years at Kent University was a photographer for the yearbook as well as the newspaper. His book moments of truth is a collection of more than 150 of his photos surrounding the kent state massacre of the 1970s in 4 students lives were lost. [applause] first of all, i have to say, its nice to see familiar faces out here. Pasadenaeople from village and relatives. My daughter is out here with my soninlaw and his parents are. Ere most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. If she will just raise her hand. [applause] mr. Ruffner as most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a real good project, your spouse is the on