RANGEFINDERVolume 69, Issue 1 The MPW.63 crew in Clinton, Mo., gathers around Randy Cox to marvel at his ability to carve a visual narrative through editing and design. Randy, often a faculty member or a leader on the crew, passed away in January. MPW.69 is dedicated to Randy, his legacy and his love and support of hundreds of other designers, photo editors and photojournalists. DUANE’S WORLD Eldon is your home for the week - by Duane Dailey ake of the Ozarks is resort coun- Ltry. But, this is not a vacation. You have a real job, to report on Eldon, Mo. as never seen before. Together, we’ll do it. Take a chal- lenge beyond your ability. Start with an open mind and inquiring eyes. Give yourself totally and you’ll be rewarded. Your challenge: Show us this town as it exists. This week you’ll apply documentary photojournal- ism in your reporting. Do not taint Eldon with precon- ceptions of what small towns look like. Don’t bring old notions about small town folks. Your job: Observe and report narrative story in that place. Sto- astound us -- and the people of how it is; not how you think it ries can be dynamic or quiet and Eldon. should be. Show us how Eldon is sublime. Seek truth with a camera. That’s like no other town. ypothesize about what you’ll our motto, but it isn’t easy. Sub- Of course, you can’t rid yourself Hfind; but test that vague idea jects can fool you. Worse, you fool of past experiences. Those influence against reality. Trust your eyes. yourself. how you see. Be aware of what you Don’t be fooled by your biases. I need to see this town as you bring. Look deeply. Talk with an inquir- and your camera report it. I am tay honest in reporting what ing mind with many sources. Don’t eager to see photos that make me Syou see. Look for differences. jump to conclusions. gasp. Make me laugh. Or, touch my Learn to see and capture them. You’re a camera-toting reporter heart. There will be gritty, beauti- Also, look for common themes. We seeking facts. ful, and emotional moments. Be must gather photographs that give primed to capture them. Learn insights across social, demograph- from every moment you are here ic and economic levels of this one “Seek truth This week, we will advance the town in Missouri in 2017. with a camera.’’ art and craft of photojournalism. That takes serious local study We can redefine it. It happens! before you pick a story. At your first This workshop applies honest I promise an intense, utterly ex- meeting with faculty, they will ask reporting. It is not make believe. It’s hausting week. However, see the joy what you’ve seen and learned. What not wishful thinking. You have a and share it. Be willing to change. If intrigues you about this place, these real job to do. you leave town unchanged, making people? Know the town before you Together we will record Eldon photos as you did before, we all decide on a story to represent it. for posterity. Let’s do it well, with failed. Don’t bring a story here; find it here keen observations of life. Keep in Look, listen, learn and engage. in real time. mind all social, political and eco- When done right it changes how Your challenge will be to first nomic turmoil going on nationally. you see and feel. It changes your find an interesting situation on How are those reflected locally? life. It changed mine. I will learn some aspect of Eldon. Then find a If you bring fresh eyes, you will from you. Come see me. THE LEGACY Your team’s namesake was key to photojournalism’s foundation Howard Chapnick Cliff & Vi Edom MPW faculty 18, 20-24, MPW founders and 24-28, 33-35, 40, 44 co-directors, MPW 1 - 38 // Served in U.S. Air Force The coining of the term during WWII // Owner ‘photojournalism’ is and president of the Black attributed to Cliff. // He led Star photo agency for 25 the first accredited Photo- years. // Published journalism program in the Truth Needs No Ally country while at Missouri. via the University of Bob Gilka Missouri Press. // In the MPW 7-9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20, early years there was a 22, 24-32, 40, 42, 46 Faculty versus Crew Director of photography football game. at National Geographic for 27 years. // Jane Goodall Russell Lee named one of her research MPW faculty 2-8, 11, 13-16, chimps after him. // In 28, 29 charge of the Hearst Lee was a Farm Security Photojournalism contest for Administration photogra- 17 years. pher under the leaderhsip of Roy Stryker. // Together Roy Randy Cox and Russell helped guide MPW 34, 36, 37, 46, 47, 56, MPW founders Cliff & Vi 58, 63-67 Edom as they created the Director of photography at workshop. the Oregonian. // Pictures of the Year International and CPOY judge A LIVING LEGACY Director emeritus Dailey provides perspective - condensed from the 2006 Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame induction ceremony Duane Dailey started with the He has spent 28 weeks, one week dreds of faculty members at Missouri University of Missouri’s "agricultural per year, in photo workshops teaching Photo Workshops. editors office" in 1959. mid-career photographers. He was Dailey and Dr. Melvin Bradley, "My job is to convey technical infor- director of the Agricultural Editor’s M.U. extension equine specialist, have mation about modern farming prac- Photo School, a variation of the Mis- traveled the state documenting the sto- tices. But my method is to use photos souri Photo Workshop run by Cliff and ries of more than 100 Missouri mule and words to tell stories of people who Vi Edom. When the Edoms retired, people in words and photos, the result have successfully used the technology," they asked Dailey and Bill Kuykendall of which is a two-volume history of the Dailey said. to co-direct the Missouri Photo Work- Missouri mule published by MU and Born in South Lineville, Mo., he shop. He’s now invited back as director displayed in the McDougall gallery. grew up on a farm in Mercer County emeritus. More than any other single person, in the Green Hills of North Missouri. He counts among his mentors Cliff Dailey has brought quality and sig- He has degrees in agricultural journal- Edom, Angus McDougall, Bill Kuyken- nificance to agricultural journalism ism and extension education at MU. dall, David Rees, Jim Curley and hun- through his photos and stories. DEDICATION PAUL RANDOLPH COX Feb. 24, 1953 - Jan. 2, 2017 he buttons on the shirts and caps. photographers and the MPW volunteer The large prints on the walls. The crew, who are University of Missouri look of the Rangefinder. Even the students who run the workshop. Ran- Tred dot on the official MPW logo on your dy would lend a hand in anything from t-shirt. These are the leftover musings working on the Rangefinder to pulling a of a humorous, sometimes mischievous, practical joke on the faculty. dedicated creative thinker and visual Randy was honored to be part of the leader. This year’s Missouri Photo Work- workshop and would jump into whatever shop is dedicated to Paul Randolph Cox, role. He was always willing to help out the former Director of Visuals at the Ore- where he was needed, MPW co-director gonian and a close friend to many here at David Rees said. But Rees especially loved MPW. We knew him as Randy. it when Randy worked with the crew. Randy photographed the workshop in “He had such an incredible sense of 1974 at MPW.26 in Warrensburg. This humor and could make people relax and experience and his connection to Missou- have fun doing what they were doing,” ri set off a relationship that kept Randy Rees said while explaining how Randy coming back nearly every Fall. He was on would help students with any sort of jour- faculty at MPW 34, 36, 37, 46, 47, 56, 58 nalistic work. “Randy loved every aspect and 63-67. When he was not faculty he of journalism.” was sometimes invited back to work with His 38-year career took him from MU Caption: Randy Cox lightens the mood at MPW.63 in Clinton, Mo. (Photo by Matt Busch) Randy pretends to be in the grips of Bigfoot at The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum in Portland. This was one of Randy’s favorite places to visit. (Photo by Rita Reed) to Jackson, Miss., Coffeyville, Kan., worked under Randy at the Ore- “[Randy] had a child-like fas- Allentown, Pa., Hartford, Conn., gonian starting in 2004, but their cination with the world and the and finally to Portland, Ore. He relationship didn’t start there. people in it,” he said. “It’s great to initially began as a staff photogra- While interning at the Albuquerque work with somebody who is excited pher, eventually transitioning into Tribune in the 1990’s under Joany about your work.” editing, design and management Carlin (MPW 56), Randy’s wife, jellstrand said that Randy because he felt that he would have a Kjellstrand and his family would always helped photogra- bigger impact in creating meaning- regularly be invited over to Randy phers remember that the ful visual content. and Joany’s home for dinner. Ktype of work they were doing was e was often putting the Randy would hold Kjellstrand’s a privilege, and it should always be interests of others ahead of daughter, Maria, all night during fun.