Press Photographer Jim McGilloway

By Will Carleton November 5, 2011 Will Carleton

The Derry Journal reports:
Jim McGilloway, ex-Journal photographer, who passed away recently, had the knack of being in the middle of wherever the biggest news was occurring….. …Life for a press photographer in the 1950s and 1960s was a busy one. For example, it was all in a day’s work for Jim to be in Malin first thing on a Monday morning…. read Jim’s story here: ‘Gentleman Jim’s photos tell story of long gone era’

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At the turn of the 20th century, there was vast growth in press agencies and photographers due to the massive thirst for images in newspapers. Many are still in existence but others have been sold, absorbed or simply disappeared, effectively leaving gaps in the history of this industry… many agency offices were bombed during the WWII London Blitz resulting negative and print files being water damage from the hoses quenching the fires …most archives were in the building basements.

Press Photographer Jim McGilloway

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