John Harrington (photographer, author)
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John Harrington (born December 27, 1966) is an American photographer and author. He penned the book Best Business Practices for Photographers, and photo-illustrated three books by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian: Meet Naiche, Meet Mindy, and Meet Lydia.
He graduated from Encinal High School in Alameda, California in 1985, and continued his studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington DC, graduating in 1990 with a B.A. in Politics.
He began his photography as the photo editor of the college newspaper The Tower, and following graduation took a job as the Chief Photographer for The World & I Magazine. After three years there traveling the world as a photojournalist, he left to continue his freelance career which would take him to Eastern Europe, Cuba, Alaska, Japan, and the White House for publications such as the National Geographic Society, Rolling Stone, and Life.
[edit] Further reading
- Best Business Practices for Photographers ISBN 1-59863-315-5 Course Technology PTR
- Meet Naiche, ISBN 1-57178-146-3 Council Oak Books/Smithsonian Institution
- Meet Mindy, ISBN 1-57178-148-X Council Oak Books/Smithsonian Institution
- Meet Lydia, ISBN 1-57178-147-1 Council Oak Books/Smithsonian Institution
- Patriotism, perseverance, posterity: The story of the National Japanese American Memorial, ISBN 0-9678422-0-4 National Japanese American Memorial Foundation 2001
