aboutJAMESVAUGHAN Bor ni n1955,JamesVaughangr ewupi nt hei dy l l i csur r oundi ngs ofasmal l t ownnearAk r on,Ohi o.Hi sf at herwasasci ent i stand di r ect orofr esear chf oroneofAmer i ca' sl ar gestcor por at i ons. Hi smot herwasanar t i standpoet . Vaughancompl et edhi ghschool ay earaheadofhi scl assmat es andi n1972l ef tf orChi cagoandcol l ege.Hest udi edbot hphot ogr aphyandj our nal i sm andwhi l est i l l ast udenthi sf r eel ancewor k appear edi nmanyoft heci t y ' smaj ormagaz i nesandnewspaper s. Af t erheear nedhi sdegr eeVaughant ookaj obasanassi st ant wi t hal ar gecommer ci al st udi o.Theni n1977,dur i ngal ongand col dChi cagoWi nt er ,heconv er t edanent i r ef l oorofanol df act or y i nt ohi sf i r stst udi o. Ov ert henex tt went y f i v ey ear shewor k edatt hef or ef r ontof Chi cago' sadv er t i si ngandf ashi oni ndust r yandwascommi ssi onedf orawi dev ar i et yofadv er t i si ngandedi t or i al assi gnment s. " Myor i gi nal t r ai ni ngi nphot oj our nal i sm ser v edmewel l , "say s Vaughan." I tbr oughtasenseofr eal i sm andsi ncer i t yt omywor k . Ihav eal way st houghtofmy sel fasast or y t el l er .That ' swhatt he wor d' phot ogr aphy ' r eal l ymeans-' t owr i t ewi t hl i ght . ' " " l can' tsayIwasmuchofaf i nanci al success. "l aughsVaughan. " Mostoft hemoneywentt onewi deasandex per i ment s.Wewer e al l madsci ent i st sbackt hen,pushi ngt heenv el opei nsear chof t henex tbr eak t hr oughi mage. " Wi t ht hear r i v al oft he21stCent ur yandi t ' sl i mi t l essdi gi t al t echnol ogy ,JamesVaughanhasbeenabl et or et ur nt ohi ssmal l t own r oot s.Nowbacki nOhi o,hehast aughtatnear byKentSt at e Uni v er si t yandbui l tanewst at eoft hear tst udi o." Thi si st he mosti mpor t antt i mef ormywor k. Awayf r om t hedemandsand di st r act i onoft hebi gci t yIcanbeev enmor ecr eat i v e. "h es ay s . " Af t eral l t hesedecades,If i nal l yhav et hesk i l l andt echnol ogyt o cat chupt omyi magi nat i on! "
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