User talk:David764

Bert Hardy
Hi, thank you for your edits on Bert Hardy — discussion of urchins pic makes much more sense now! I was surprised to find no entry on Thurston Hopkins so I've added one, but you may be able to add further information there too. Great to have someone else interested in Picture Post on board. Cheers, Jamesmcardle(talk) 23:14, 8 November 2018 (UTC) Dear Ms. McArdle: I'd much earlier added info when the Bert Hardy wiki bio was very new to the site. The basis for my edits today are my personal interviews with Bert and his wife, Sheila, at their farmstead in Surrey, UK, & his autobiography, My Life, which I own a copy of along with many other books relating to Bert, his Korean War mate, James Cameron, & the Picture Post mag. When I interviewed Bert in Nov. 1981, my best photo-portrait of him with his dogs, Lizzie & Kim, was later printed by his own commercial darkroom & donated by me to the British National Portrait Gallery, where it's been part of the photographs collection there from 2003-present(2018). In addition, I've authored & published several books on Bert Hardy, James Cameron, & Picture Post, all ground-breaking works, well-research & well-written. I haven't studied Thurston Hopkins career nearly as thoroughly as the others, but have learned a few things about him over the years too. Thank you for your comments.--From David Joseph Marcou. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.89.116.179 (talk) 23:22, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt reply. It lends much more authority to WP articles to have someone who has actually met the subject. I've chased up your shot at the NPG; he looks very personable, an impression that the addition of his adoring dogs confirms. I'll chase up a copy of your Crucial Collaborations: Contexts, Departures, Arrivals in the First Un-Fought War (Korea) via the Courageous Coverages and Shining Deeds of Picture Post's Bert Hardy and James Cameron, and Some Superb UN Troops and will read it with interest. Regards, James Jamesmcardle(talk) 23:52, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Mr. McArdle. My Picture Post-related books include: All the Best (my complete history of PP, 1st of its kind about PP); The Cockney Eye (my bio about Bert Hardy); James Cameron's World (my bio about James Cameron); & Crucial Collaborations (my dual bio about BH & JC, based on my research for my individual bios about them).--From David Joseph Marcou.

I've added Crucial Collaborations to the references in the article. Best, James Jamesmcardle(talk) 00:03, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you again, Mr. McArdle. Now if someone permitted by Wikipedia will write & publish a Wiki Bio that will be permanently posted on Wiki about my own career, it will be appreciated. Ca. 10 years ago, an article about me was submitted that Wiki editors said didn't include enough notability for a Wiki bio; I've since authored & published another 100+ of my own books, with so far 162 books authored & published by me totally & counting. I've done several books (texts & photos) on celebrities I've covered, & my works (books, plays, articles, poems, bios, memoirs, histories, etc.) have been widely praised. Thank you.--David Joseph Marcou.

David, I shall certainly give that my consideration. Though a little busy right now I will keep in touch. I cannot find you on Researchgate or on Academia, though I have 'friended' you on the British Photography site. Only your appears in the Australian National Library. Can you give me more information about your publishers please? Cheers, JamesJamesmcardle(talk) 00:38, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Mr. McArdle: I forgot to include 1 of the many dedicated web-pages for my works around the world. It includes the PDF's to my Spirit of America book-series so far, 77 volumes of SA so far. That University of Missouri J-School Library web-page is at: libraryguides.missouri.edu/davidmarcou --

Mr. McArdle: I've authored & published all 162 of my books & counting via self-publication; DigiCOPY is given publishing credit for many of my recent books; they are my designers, printers, & binders. I have worked with many generous sponsors; the big book publishers have shied from publishing my books for me. Don't know why exactly, because my articles & photos have been published by leading magazines & newspapers globally for many years. My works are always well-researched, well-written, & well-photographed (esp. when the photos were taken by me). Since it seems you have ready access to British sources, you might check my articles, reviews, & photos very sporadically in RPS Journal, British Journal of Photography, & British Heritage mag, from 1990-2015. If you know where to look, you'll find works by me published in Smithsonian mag, the online NYT, & many articles/reviews for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, too, etc. I'm glad you friended me on the British Photo History site; I'll check into your contact with me there as soon as I can. Also, I'm related by his marriage for many years to my 1st cousin, Mary Ann Marcou McArdle, to Mike McArdle, of western WI. Just thought I'd better throw that in. One of their daughters directs the La Crosse County Library System, I believe.--David Joseph Marcou.

Hi again David, I think lets start with a set of references to your articles in Smithsonian mag, the online NYT, & Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, because the notability issue may relate to self-published works especially in the case of books (see specifically https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BKTS&redirect=no). Might I ask please if you could save me a bit of time by sending a set of formatted references to those articles and links if they have them, to check them? Interesting to learn of our distant relationship via the McArdle clan (and also to note that we were born only 3 days over a month apart)...there are many here in Castlemaine where I live, though I am directly related to none of them. My grandfather came from Scotland, though I think it is actually an Irish name. Jamesmcardle(talk) 03:24, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Mr. McArdle: My ancestry includes my Irish-American paternal grandmother, Agnes Mary Fitzgerald Marcou, and my French Canadian paternal grandfather, David Ambrose Marcou Sr., the latter of whose direct ancestors, according to legitimate archival sources, include the famed Canadian explorer Louis Joliet. My mother's ancestry is Swiss-Austrian & German, with the surnames Muskat & Brunner.

A partial list of entries from my CV may be helpful (see farther below; the very bottom entry much father below is for the 6 photos I took in 1981 Hannibal for Missouri Life's picture-story, with 1 of my Hannibal photos being selected in 2013 I believe among the top 40 photos in ML's history), but the Smithsonian mag citations (among my citations in the catalogue of the British Library ((incl. also ca. 2 dozen of my books there, with my books generally being included in prestigious libraries around the world, some of which are cited on WorldCat)) are: "Operatic Entrance", by David Joseph Marcou, Smithsonian Magazine, March 2007, pp. 16-18 (picture-story about Bert Hardy's taking 15 active group photos fused in darkroom into 1 overall active still-montage, including Queen Elizabeth II's entry within that scene, Paris Opera, May 1957); & "Gaga Over a Gargoyle", by David Joseph Marcou, Smithsonian Magazine, February 2008, pp. 10-12 (picture-story about John Loengard's taking a gripping photo for NYTimes of Annie Leibovitz as AL works on 61st floor eagle gargoyle taking photos of dancer David Parsons). I was compensated very well monetarily by Smithsonian mag for both picture-stories.

Included in my online NYTimes citations are 8 presidential campaign photos 2000-2008 (I believe more photos by me than by any other single creative contributor to this massive online reader's gallery) taken by me for that publication's "Documenting the Decade" Readers' Gallery of Dec. 2009, individual links of which can be found near the bottom of the following sub-link on my Missouri Journalism School Library web-page: http://libraryguides.missouri.edu/c.php?g=792244&p=5682287

My Milwaukee Journal Sentinel articles include 60-to-65 credited articles by me from 1991-2006 & ca.75-80 uncredited news-brief articles by me during that same span (I was that paper's main La Crosse-area freelance correspondent during that period). I was compensated monetarily for all these articles.

Commissions Include: 2014, “Non-commission” donation of copies of ca. 230 photos to La Crosse’s Pump House Regional Arts Center from David J. Marcou’s coverage of John Pugh’s PH La Crosse History Mural (“Confluence”) Unveiling, June 13, 2014. 2014, David J. Marcou as Official DMI Event Photographer, Trend Showcase (Fashion and Product       Displays Hosted by Downtown Mainstreet Inc.), Cargill Room, La Crosse, WI, April 10, 2014. 2006-2015, One of Official Photographers for Viterbo University’s Holocaust Survivors Series, Including Coverages of Elie Wiesel, Manya Friedman, Gerda Klein, Cipora Katz, Fr. Pat Desbois, Estelle Laughlin, & Eva Schloss (Anne Frank’s step-sister). 2008, Acceptance via donation by photographer DJM of 8 best of DJM’s Campaign 2008 photos and 13 other photos by him too, by        Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Archives Center’s Permanent Collection. 2008, Acceptance via DJM’s donation to Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian’s Permanent Archives of 32 DJM photos taken by him at dress rehearsal for world-debut of Triple-Grammyist Bill Miller’s (co-creator’s) “Last Stand Symphony,” w/La Crosse Symphony Orchestra at Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI, April 24, 2008. DvJM received SINMAI weblink 7-24-17 w/text & photos published for 1st time from that specific collection – This is the link as of 11-9-18: https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAI.AC.107?f=data_source%3ANational+Museum+of+the+American+Indian&s=0&n=10&t=C&q=*&i=9 2008, Presentation of the Pub Scene from David J. Marcou’s “Song of Joy--Or the Old Reliables,” Irishfest-La Crosse, Aug. 8, 2008; and staged reading of entire play, Aquinas HS, La Crosse, Aug. 22, 2008, kicks off AHS’s 80th anniversary year. 2008, Indelible Images feature for Smithsonian Magazine about John Loengard’s gripping photo of Annie Leibovitz’s NYC high- rise shoot with David Parsons in 1991. 2007, La Crosse Center photographer for first NBA exhibition game of Milwaukee Bucks’ Yi Jianlian and Chicago Bulls’ Joachim Noah, both 2007 first-round draft choices. 2007, Indelible Images feature for Smithsonian Magazine about Bert Hardy’s pioneering active photo-montage of Queen’s entrance at the Paris Opera in April 1957. 2006, Official Viterbo U. photographer for Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel’s visit, La Crosse, Sept. 27. 2005, Madison Capital Times, feature and sidebar on La Crosse mystery-drownings; 2004, RPS Journal, cover-story on photographer Edward Steichen; British Heritage, web article on Allied journalists on D-Day. 2002-03, British Journal of Photography photo-essays on Bert Hardy’s sports pics; Rick Wood’s NKorea pics; & DvJM’s people pics; Milwaukee JournalSentinel photo-story on filmist Scott Thompson; KoreAm Journal photo-essay on traditional Korean clothes. 2000, Korea Society Quarterly, New York, article on media coverage of Korean War with portrait of DJM by Matt A. Marcou. 1990s, Coverages of Lord Runcie’s visit to La Crosse; 125th Anniversary Mass for Diocese; installation of bishop (Ray Burke); Easter Triduums; and contacts with Mother Teresa, for Times Review/Catholic Digest; inaugural issue’s cover story for Commerce Now; and many photo-stories for Enterpriser business paper, La Crosse. 1991, July 28, 1991, Publication of first feature-article by David Joseph Marcou for Milwaukee Journal, “Mayor Uses Personal Approach in Campaigning for La Crosse” – on Sept. 11, 1991, same DJM article was entered into US Congressional Record by US Sen.-Wis. Robert Kasten, in honor of article's subject, La Crosse Mayor Patrick Zielke, with David J. Marcou's byline included (S12810–Vol. 137-Part 16, Page 22582). 1986, Morning Calm, Seoul, Korea, five stories, including on Philippines and on Nam June-Paik. 1981, Missouri Life, 6 DJM photos for feature on Twain’s Hannibal (S. Freeman, writer).

Mr. McArdle: The web-link here is from the UW-Madison Alumni website. This bio began many years ago as a rejected Wiki bio submission written by someone else, but I kept adding to & deleting from its core, to build up a very respectable bio, that is also very accurate. It is detail-intense, but I hope it helps in the creation of an accepted Wiki bio about me soon.-- https://www.uwalumni.com/alumninote/david-marcou/ --


 * Hi David, remembering that WP is an encyclopaedia, if I am to assist, it really would help to have just the articles please, correctly and consistently referenced with page numbers, publisher details, date published, ISSN, like this; (preceded by 2 curly brackets) Citation | author1=Holland, Alison | author2=Henson, Bill | title=Bill Henson | journal=Photofile | publication-date=2017 | volume=100 | pages=24-41 | issn=0811-0859 (followed 2 curly brackets), so that it will look like this:

Choose only the most significant articles please, then we can start. Thanks Jamesmcardle(talk) 02:32, 10 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi David, I can trace the following articles but only up to 2008. Only one appears in a peer-reviewed journal, Journalism Quarterly. Can you check the rest please. I have noted REVIEW-CHECK next to those that appear to be reviews of your books which will be handy...can you work out which of your books that would be in each case? I can't other articles; should there be more? Have you any in other peer-reviewed journals?

Peer Reviewed:

 * Book Reviews Edited by STEPHEN D. REESE and DIANE CAROTHERS (Book Review). (1991). Journalism Quarterly, 68(3), 549. REVIEW-CHECK

Other journal and newspaper articles—non peer-reviewed

 * Marcou, David J. (2008). Gaga over a gargoyle: From Margaret Bourke-White to Annie Leibovitz, photographers have scaled dizzying heights to frame the perfect prop.(INDELIBLE IMAGES). Smithsonian, 38(11), 10.


 * Marcou, David J. (2005). Conference considers ecumenism's future.(NATION). National Catholic Reporter, 41(34), 6.


 * David J. Marcou. (2007). Memories of a writer and 'good penny'. La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI), p. La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI), Jan 21, 2007.


 * Marcou, D. (2003). William: The People's Prince. British Heritage, 24(6), 58,60.


 * Louth, S. (2004). Exposure: It's a spirit thing... The British Journal of Photography (Archive : 1860-2005), 151(7464), 9. REVIEW-CHECK


 * Marcou, D. (1999). The City of London Churches: A Pictorial Rediscovery. British Heritage, 20(2), 60-61.


 * Marcou, D. (2001). The English Gentleman. British Heritage, 23(1), 59-60.


 * Book bits ; Bonding Swedes, the Artic Circle, writers' picks, and readers' picks make up this week's literary roundup. (2007). The Christian Science Monitor, p. 14. REVIEW-CHECK


 * Marcou, D. (2005). Britannia's Empire: Making a British World. British Heritage, 26(4), 62-63.


 * Marcou, D. (2005). Nelson: A Dream of Glory, 1758-1797. British Heritage, 26(2), 60-61.


 * Marcou, D. (2003). 150 Years of Photo Journalism. British Heritage, 24(1), 58.


 * Marcou, D. (2003). The Commandos at Dieppe: Rehearsal for D-Day. British Heritage, 24(7), 58-59.


 * Marcou, D. (2002). Alec Guinness: A Celebration. British Heritage, 23(2), 60-61.


 * Marcou, D. (2005). Ivanhoe. British Heritage, 26(5), 62.


 * Book bits; Bonding Swedes, the Artic Circle, writers' picks, and readers' picks make up this week's literary roundup.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Book review). (2007). The Christian Science Monitor, 14.  REVIEW-CHECK

Regards, Jamesmcardle(talk) 05:53, 10 November 2018 (UTC)