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4th of July

This Day Was Inevitable: The Highland Park 4th of July Shooting
4 Jul 2022

This Day Was Inevitable: The Highland Park 4th of July Shooting

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Behind the Photo, News, Photojournalism | 0

This lone sandal and a stuffed-animal left behind with a fancy $900 stroller had more of a feeling that the “Rapture” had happened here.

4th of July, Highland Park, Illinois, mass shooting, photojournalism, tragedy
Family Photos From The Summer of 1918
23 Jul 2020

Family Photos From The Summer of 1918

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: Flashback | 0

During our current worldwide pandemic I took a look back at photo album from my family’s archive and got a look at what one part of the country looked like before the second wave of the Spanish Flu took hold. It looked normal.

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