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Roy A. Tangen Photographer
Roy started in photography at an early age, he was first published in the New York Daily News at 14 years old. He was a "stringer" for many years through High School (George Westinghouse) in New York City and worked full time for the Brooklyn Eagle at 16 years old as a staff photographer. In 1965 he became a Navy Photographer and photographed everything from portraits to plane crashes and recon in Nam.

Roy attended and graduated the following photographic schools;

US Navy Photo school - Pensacola FL - NY Institute of Photography - NYC - Germain School of Photography - NYC - Famous Photographers School - Westport CT -

Over the years he attended specialty sessions/courses/lectures from;

Ansel Adams, Philippe Halsman, Dean Collins, Vincent Steilber, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Jay Maisel, Pete Turner.

[edit] Sources www.olp-photo.com, who's who, PPA Photo Journal