august april american photographer based dallas texas staff photographer dallas morning news particularly known humorous touching images animals children grant photographs published numerous newspapers magazines including newsweek time feature photos published page issues life magazine grant assignment november cover president trip washington dallas photographs page november edition morning news copy believed thing kennedy signed grant pictures minutes kennedy arrived following shooting plaza grant recipient multiple awards career including retired continued working semi retired capacity decade died dallas heart failure age early life born nashville tennessee time economic troubles brought great depression forced grant family nashville settled dallas texas father asked lead morning news grant got job drafted united_states_army report work grant served world war europe camera grant married brief courtship known months walked aisle met worked dairy counter local market customer photography grant returned overseas dallas staff photographers resumed duties leaving job ran photography studio position newspaper available early years news grant staff photographers including gained reputation kind generous mentor newspaper accompanying young photographers early assignments later recalled morning news needed feature photograph send zoo work animal editor said grant putting people animals ease photographs came largely patience job grant work accompanied sports stories photograph boxing fan fallen fighter named best sports pictures grant taught classes photography 1950s 60s served journalism advisory board official photographer texas interview grant said tricks making photos especially unwilling subjects sites news stories pre focus pretend aim camera shoot hip believed good skills necessary job needing use grant photos blown feet displayed year new_york photographed creations best dallas knew grant respected work menu item restaurant dallas named grant collections grant work published moments life exhibition photographs years moments life published accompany traveling exhibit grant images photographs included humor news photography collection published grant assigned photograph new cars laid hat atop resulting image resembled halloween pilot satellite grant picture published life magazine included compilation life addition feature photographs grant known work accompanying hard news stories grant photographed president vice president starting administration present funeral time house speaker captured president kennedy house cannon vice president standing dallas running mate close securing spots democrats ticket took day swing dallas area september landing airport candidates rode dallas chance aircraft factory kennedy address accompanied kennedy johnson making numerous photographs trip pictures developed kept storage publication dallas days president kennedy november flight texas grant assigned cover state delegation washington fly white_house press corps photographer trip dallas love field grant published photograph visit president texas governor image grant photos san_antonio published page november copy signed morning president kennedy photo jan white believed item signed climbed aboard presidential intended trip grant tried find seat camera car reserved local photographers given spot second camera car far capture shooting plaza grant car turned houston street main street heard shot pause shots rapid succession thinking playing prank gave thought saw prone ground street photograph moving camera car bill lying atop children grass afterward grant suggested colleagues catch presidential dallas based member press camera car grant directed driver saw cars activity worker street said saw speed past accompanied grant knew immediately headed grant started snapping pictures including vice president johnson car man police officer delivering box thought contain blood grant later covered trial day verdict read believed assignment photograph shielded years assassination grant wrote events didn sink finished work day stunned disappointed embarrassed happened especially home town felt like crawling log wasn great admirer president great respect holds office reporters panel grant took reporters remember dallas november panel discussion broadcast journalists remember assassination featured members press spoke experiences day years earlier kennedy killed grant recalled having asked boss washington kennedy body told grant said returned love field retrieve ahead planned visit vice president johnson ranch nearby reached planes saw judge leaving air force missed swearing new president later life death grant retired position dallas morning news stayed semi retired capacity years later grant awarded honorary degree illinois congratulated grant state regional national honors associate professor art lauded grant body work starting particular pictures world leaders children everyday life address said work country important photography helped establish important forms documentation public record died heart failure dallas home wife nearly years died dallas months later
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