The Photographers

Lights! Camera! Acknowledgments! Presenting the lensmen and lenswomen who made this issue possible.

February 1998

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O. Rufus Lovett is a director of the Texas Photographic Society and a professor of photography at Kilgore College. Two of his longtime series subjects are the Kilgore Rangerettes and the town of Weeping Mary. He lives in Longview.

Mary Ellen Mark, the author of eleven books, is internationally renowned for documentary photography, such as her photo essays on circuses and brothels in India and runaway children in Seattle. She has also produced the films Streetwise and American Heart and worked for a variety of corporations in the U.S. and abroad. She lives in New York.

Kurt Markus terms his photographs “decidedly unslick.” He has worked for Rolling Stone, Vogue, Mirabella, The New Yorker, Men’s Journal, and Harper’s Bazaar as well as for advertising clients such as Nike, Sony, Armani, BMW, and AT&T. A resident of Kalispell, Montana, he has published two cowboy compendiums, Barbed Wire and Buckaroo.

Jim Marshall, a lifelong resident of San Francisco, is one of the nation’s preeminent rock and roll photographers. The chief photographer at Woodstock and the Monterey Pop Festival, he has spent the past four decades shooting such legendary musicians as Mick Jagger, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis.

Scogin Mayo was introduced to photography by his father, a devoted amateur. He divides his time between commercial and editorial work for Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Microsoft, Starbucks, Southwest Airlines, Men’s Journal, and many other clients. He lives in Dallas.

Pete McArthur’s painterly style—particularly his use of bright color—has made him a favorite of magazines and corporate clients alike. He lives in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and teaches at the Pasadena Art Center.

James McGoon says he “specializes in capturing the images of people.” He has shot hundreds of pictures for dozens of magazines, from movie stars and HIV-positive children to politicians and ballet dancers. He lives in San Antonio.

Wyatt McSpadden is best known for his longtime chronicling of the Cadillac Ranch, the automotive art installation outside Amarillo. He also handles editorial and commercial assigments for a variety of publications and corporations. A native of Amarillo, he now lives in Austin.

Raymond Meeks favors shooting in black and white and making his own prints. His fine-art images frequently take the form of environmental portraits or landscapes, often with people “to add scale or emotion.” He lives in Columbus, Ohio.

Wyman Meinzer applied his bachelor’s degree in wildlife management to a career in nature photography. His books include Roadrunner and Coyote, and his images have appeared in Smithsonian, Audubon, and other publications. He lives in Benjamin.

Arthur Meyerson handles corporate, advertising, and editorial work. His clients include Coca-Cola, Nike, Apple, National Geographic, United Airlines, American Express, and Motorola. He lives in Houston.

Doug Milner of Poetry was a veteran photojournalist best known for his work at the Dallas Times Herald. In 1987 he became a freelance photographer for Newsweek, Forbes, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and many other magazines. He died in 1996. Today his wife, Brenda, and daughter, Sophie Texanna, run Milner Stock Photography.

Jim Myers is a Dallas photographer who works primarily for advertising agencies, specializing in still lifes and portraiture. In his spare time he restores classic motorcycles and rides with his buddies on the back roads of Texas.

Helmut Newton achieved international fame in the seventies for his fashion shots in French Vogue. His portraits are also known for their distinctive combination of immediacy, controversy, and glamour. A native of Berlin, he lives in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Michael O’Brien first worked as a news photographer in Miami and later established a studio in New York. His commercial clients include GTE, Kodak, and Apple, and his editorial work has appeared in Life, National Geographic, the New York Times Magazine, and other publications. He lives in Austin.

Laurence Parent of Austin specializes in landscape, travel, and nature photography. His coffee-table book Texas appeared in 1995, followed in 1997 by the Official Guide to Texas State Parks. He has worked for Outside, Men’s Journal, Newsweek, and other publications.

Rick Patrick has shot everything from soup to nuts in his many years as Texas Monthly’s principal food photographer. His work has also appeared in magazines ranging from Travel and Leisure to Success and in national advertising campaigns for such companies as IBM. He lives in Austin.

Tom Ryan, a tabletop director and cinematographer, heads a division of Michael Schrom and Company, known for its studio close-up photography. His recent work has included commercials for United Airlines, Kraft, Taco Bell, 7-Eleven, and Tabasco. He lives in Chicago.

Martin Schreiber is most famous for shooting Madonna in the nude, but he has also photographed archaeologists in Turkey and arty cafes in his hometown of Paris. His latest book, on cowboys around the world, will be published in the spring of 1999.

Ron Scott has shot 31 Texas Monthly covers, more than any other photographer. Since 1984, through his Houston-based company, he has created computer-generated images for annual reports and magazines.

Mark Seliger, a native of Amarillo, began working as a Rolling Stone photographer in 1987 and has since shot more than eighty RS covers. His books include Crazy Sexy Cool, a compilation of his portraits for US magazine, and When They Came to Take My Father: Voices of the Holocaust. He has also directed music videos for Shawn Colvin, Hole, and other performers. He lives in New York.

Stephen Shames is a freelance photojournalist and art photographer. His books include Outside the Dream: Child Poverty in America (1991) and Pursuing the Dream: What Helps Children and Their Families Succeed (1997). He lives in New York.

M. K. Simqu’s most recent photo essay focuses on the nonnative plants that are threatening Florida waterways. Her work has appeared in a variety of magazines. She teaches at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida.

Brian Smale has an extensive editorial clientele, including Rolling Stone and the Washington Post Magazine. Born and raised in Canada, he now lives in Brooklyn.

Jno. Trlica was a first-generation Texan born to Czech immigrants. He arrived in Granger in 1900 and within a decade was photographing townsfolk with his big Kodak studio camera: six postcard-size prints for a dollar. Trlica died in 1977.

Danny Turner’s work has been solicited by the likes of Forbes, Outside, Sports Illustrated, Vanity Fair, Bon Appétit, and Entertainment Weekly, and he also works for a diverse assortment of advertising clients. Many of his photographs, he notes, are in the permanent collection at his mother’s house. He lives in Dallas.

Will van Overbeek’s first major project was the book Aggies: Life in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M. He has worked on photographic assignments for Time, Newsweek, Smithsonian, and other publications and for corporations such as Nike, McDonald’s, and IBM. He lives in Austin.

Joseph Vento first worked as a contributing photographer for Andy Warhol’s Interview. Subsequently, his clients included major editorial and fashion names throughout Europe and the U. S. Today he specializes in fine-art photography, dividing his time between New York and New Mexico.

Andy Vracin lives in Dallas. Since 1981 he has produced distinctly noir-ish photographs for a variety of corporate and editorial clients. He has also directed television commercials for MTV, Six Flags Over Texas, and Habitat for Humanity.

Greg Watermann lives in Dallas, where he pursues portrait and fashion photography for such publications as Elle, Rolling Stone, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Mademoiselle. His most memorable shoot was with Nirvana for the January 1992 cover of Spin.

William Wegman is famed for his whimsical shots of his pet Fay Ray and other weimaraners. His work has been exhibited and acquired by numerous national and international museums, and his honors and awards include two Guggenheim Fellowships. Among his books are Puppies (1997), Man’s Best Friend (1982), and a variety of children’s best-sellers. He lives in New York.

Robert A. Widdicombe, a former assistant to Eliot Porter, has taught college courses, designed books, and run his own advertising agency in addition to pursuing fine-art photography. He lives thirty miles south of Santa Fe in a solar-powered house he built by hand.

Curtis Wilcott lives in Midland, where he has been the photo editor and chief photographer for the Midland Reporter-Telegram since 1987.

Laura Wilson’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, the London Sunday Times Magazine, and other publications. She is the author of Watt Matthews of Lambshead, a photographic tribute to a legendary Texas rancher. She lives in Dallas.

Geoff Winningham is a professor at Rice University in Houston. He has chronicled the classic Texas institutions of rodeo and high school football in Going Texan and Rites of Fall. His most recent volume, In the Eye of the Sun, focuses on Mexico’s regional fiestas.

Dan Winters is known for celebrity portraits, photojournalism, and scientific photography. He has worked for Rolling Stone, GQ, Vanity Fair, and Details as well as Nike, Sega, IBM, Paramount, and Warner Bros. He also directs  music videos and was the cinematographer for  Sandra Bullock’s Making Sandwiches. He lives in Hollywood.

Robert Ziebell arrived in Houston in 1983 as artist-in-residence at the city’s Museum of Fine Arts. His work has been exhibited nationwide and has also appeared in numerous magazines. He has taught photography and film at the University of Houston and at Houston’s Glassell School of Art.

“Itinerant Photographer”—real name unknown—drove from town to town in Texas in 1934, persuading local businesspeople to let him take their picture and hoping for a sale when he returned with a finished print. Nothing else is known about him except that he wore a suit.

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