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Thomas E Walters 1930 - 1992

Thomas E Walters of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC was born on June 26, 1930 in Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, and died at age 61 years old on January 4, 1992.

Thomas E Walters

Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC 28205

June 26, 1930

Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States

January 4, 1992

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Tom Walters was the son of Thomas Edward Walters, Sr, a Baptist minister, and Virginia Irene Rodwell Walters, of Warren County, NC. Tom E. Walters, Jr. (1930-1992) was a news and commercial photographer from 1955-1991 based in Charlotte, N.C. He received his first camera at the age of twelve, after turning a camera in to a lost and found and being given the camera when it was not claimed. His interest in photography grew during his high school and college years as he worked on student newsletters, newspapers, and the yearbook. In 1953, Walters gained employment at the Charlotte Engraving Company as a continuous tone photographer, where he learned different methods and techniques that he would later apply to his craft. He became a news photographer in 1955 through Tom Franklin's Studio, which was contracted to photograph stories for the Charlotte News as they lacked an official photography department. He entered a competition in 1957 held by the Carolina Press and Photographers Association through the Short Course at Chapel Hill, and won "Southern Photographer of the Year," an award he went on to win again in 1958. Believing that his career would benefit from a full-time position as a news photographer, Walters accepted a position with the Charlotte Observer in 1957. In 1959, he entered the 16th Annual National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Competition, and won first place in the "Portraits and Personalities" category. The recognition he gained from entering these competitions allowed him to attend the University of Missouri's workshop in photojournalism, where he honed his craft. Walters decided there was more freedom in magazine photography, and in 1961 he began "Carolina Illustrated" with Bruce Roberts, catering to businesses for advertisements and in-house publications and marking the beginning of his self-employment. In the 1970s Walters changed the name of the studio to "Tom Walters Photgraphy." His images appear in National Geographic , People, Life , Mademoiselle , Forbes , and other nationally-recognized magazines. Walters' work was the first exhibit of photographs by a single photographer at the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, N.C. in 1968, and the show toured the region the following year. This exhibit influenced the development of the Light Factory, which began as a group of professional and amateur photographers (of which Walters was a member) interested in promoting photography as an art form. This idea first manifested itself as the volunteer-run "Imprints" gallery, which hosted shows, provided memberships, auctions of prints, critiques of portfolios, and meetings to discuss photography. In 1987, Walters closed Tom Walters Photography studio, but continued his business from home until his death on January 4, 1992. His work is archived at the University of NC at Chapel Hill.
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Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina United States

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In 1930, in the year that Thomas E Walters was born, on August 6th, N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater went through papers in his office, destroyed some of them, withdrew all his money from the bank - $5,150, sold his stock, met friends at a restaurant for dinner and disappeared after getting into a taxi (or walking down the street - his friends' testimony later changed). His disappearance was reported to the police on September 3rd - almost a month later. His wife didn't know what happened, his fellow Justices had no idea, and his mistresses (he had several) said that they didn't know. While his disappearance was front page news, his fate was never discovered and after 40 years the case was closed, still without knowing if Crater was dead or alive.

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In 1941, by the time he was only 11 years old, on December 7th, the Japanese attacked the military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise aerial attack damaged 8 U.S. battleships (6 later returned to service), including the USS Arizona, and destroyed 188 aircraft. 2,402 American citizens died and 1,178 wounded were wounded. On December 8th, the U.S. declared war on Japan and on December 11th, Germany and Italy (allies of Japan) declared war on the United States. World War II was in full swing.

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