1979_11 The Daily Collegian November 1979

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Fong tells of skateboards, bears and roller discos
By LOT Graesgesr
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Gary Fong, one of California's foremost awtard-winning pnotofosernalgsts,
held a msrel eaaejattwar on hla craft Satur
day,
prvotceourrsfigats a bit of
the field "Only go into it if you're rnedh/
m tove with it ' His informal lecture,
breathtaking slide presentations and
humble humor were tostiawoni to his
love for and cTjrnmrsYrient to his craft
Fong' s prtowagraphtc instincts and San
y rancrsco Chronccie assigriments have
taken him to the top of the Gotclen Gate
Mndge. to the tip of a flagpole and to
the highest mountains m the country
where, he said, hrs yellow skm turned
pale
i 2t hours, and has
met "the princes and the paupers," the
skateboard and roller-disco sets
'Who else but a photographer, will
hunt for bears in Yoeemite in the middle
of the night' he said
These are the exciting, growing ex
periences of the profession but he said,
'If you're not in love with what you re
doing, the frustrations ara gonna kill
vou " He cited intense competition in
the rob fTUjrket as a big problem for the
I ^h-.f.^rjpher
Most of the fr*amauomt of working
on a newspaper, Fong saad, stem from
what he called the "rampant" tack of
communication in the newspaper business
We re in the business of communica
tton and if we can t communicate within
our own organization, we might as weil
be out of business * He said this problem is moat evident betwoen photo-
graphers and visually insensitive photo
, he said is the l.i uttasa
line in photography 'If you can't
conwytunk4fjte visually, your pictures
aren' t worth the paper they' re printed
on ' Other important elements in a
photograph are novelty and strong
eisduring news value Ini.m pay ping
these elements is a constant challenge,
he saad.
'A lot of our assigivnents are vary
mundane, so the challenge is to take
sctmething simple and every day and
make it special That's my specialty,"
he said
His pttotographs ware reaore than
special they were pieathatakiitg and set
IP music, they were nearly tear-ierkers
He began his presentation with ex
ample i of the four iHBgniin of riews
photography, portraits, or basic mug
shots, features, or impromptu "snap
shots" which require anticipation of an
action before it happens, hard news.
or when the president comes te town,
and picture stories, or combining visaaai
rdees to tell a story
Fong showed examples of how he has
special in each of the rteBgsnrtei
His muKi-meote presearttation with the
music, "Amazing Crace' and 'Hare
Come* the Sun* was a sensitive tribute
to the visual aamension, captured
forever
Fong s seminar waa sponsored by
the Society of Professional Journalists/
Sigma Delta Chi and waa directed
toward the society, professional valley
journalists, and many CSUF fournaatem
A 1973 graduate of California State
University, San lose, at 28, Fong had
been named Photographer of the Year
from 197S-1978 and has consistently
been honored by various national press
clubs and associations
Throwing the bull - an enviable asset in the world of higher education
unbustod  bronco   espaxtolfy   tiitported
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bull has always basan an enviable amtat In
attaining a higher education, especially
"•or Cotwjaje gives full icssgnitiBn to the
talent The school, located rust a hoot
anj a *vwtwr from Oologah where die
prairie prulceaopftor WiH Kogtsrs aasia
toca*
to the
Still a visitor from tha effete East at
the campus mim-rodeo, whach serves aa
a sort of
bronco ousting and sasaaaar pas tor el pursuits that coiiabins cracking bones with
r*rking the books
A fellow or a gal
the world can rrtaki
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me CBtmpaaa
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be a battel way of financing g <
ucation than regularly riding out to seize
isg heart* of a dilemma and wraatte to
earth a ojuarter-ton of Big Mac on the
hoof This ts bsovsn as steer wrestling or
bulrdogging
The obfoct of this intellectual assasctoa,
stoCtetjaiig to Oem Rogers McScwxfcten
the laernad lecturer at the seminar microphone, ia to lasso and throw the critter, then cross and tie three of its foot for
the purposes of  'brartdang, castration
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those Ivy League padsagngipt wfto
equate dumping the quarterback with
clubbing baby seals know about deckca
ted undergractuate suffering for old alma
mater f
Exam proctors who have wrtnessed similar pathetic reochings for the exada-
rmc fJtars and the intensive care unit can
only conclude that the fwotra Dame quar
terbeck buried beneath a ton of Southern
Cal srtoulder pad and artade has chosen
the path of least resistance to a diploma
an suspecrous start
d over the fence of
the bare bock of
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