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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Oral Histories Lucian Perkins Photojournalism Interview 20171008

Living in poverty. The university of texas recorded the interview and archived his photograph along with other recognized photographers. This is just over 40 minutes. Talking with lucius perkins lucian perkins. Lucian, you started out in your at theaphy career here university of texas. Working at the daily texan and also i understand you worked with gary when a grad and a photojournalism or photograph photography course here at ut. We do you talk about how that has influenced your career . Mr. Perkins it is funny, i was actually a biology major at the university of texas. At the chester dorms, this is it today, 30 years later. It has not changed a bit. One of my residence at chester told sold me one of the cameras. He was convinced he convinced his parents to get him a new one, so he sold me his old one. I became interested in photography as a hobby. And then decided to take photography courses as an elective. Forcoincidently, signed up a first year of footage i was in. Even though i w ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Oral Histories Lucian Perkins Photojournalism Interview 20171009

Lucian, you started out in your photography career here at the university of texas. Working at the daily texan and also i understand you worked with gary in a photojournalism or photography course here at ut. Would you talk about how that has influenced your career . Mr. Perkins it is funny, i was actually a biology major at the university of texas. Also at the chester dorms, this is it today, 30 years later. It has not changed a bit. One of my residence at chester sold me one of the cameras. He convinced his parents to get him a new one, so he sold me his old one. I became interested in photography as a hobby. And then decided to take photography courses as an elective. And coincidently, signed up for a first year of footage i was in. Even though i was not even thinking about photojournalism or knew what it was. It was a firstyear photo class. I took the course and towards the end of the semester, the ta said, there is an opening on the student yearbook, you should apply for it. I nev ....

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