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Type of entity
Person
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Sowell, Richard H.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1922-2022
History
Richard H. Sowell (1922-2022) was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He served in the army 389th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion during World War II, acting as the scout photographer for five years. After the war he continued to develop his photography skills, taking classes led by Ansel Adams. He was a photographic technician with the Audio-Visual Photo Lab at South Dakota State and became the university’s head photographer in 1967. After retiring from SDSU, Sowell remained an ardent photographer and earned awards for his nature pictures.