tri-x1 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 In a recent thread someone mentioned that at one time the Olympus OM1 was the"Official" camera of United Press International. Apparently no one ever told myfriend Max.Max Guiterrez (sp?) was a photographer for UPI. When I first met him in the late1960s he was working out of San Francisco as a wire photo technician. Later hebecame a full time shooter for UPI based out of Portland, Oregon.In the early 1970s Max fell in love with the Nikon F2. He always had two withinreach and two brand new ones-still in the packaging in his closet--just in caseNikon was ever dumb enough to quit making them.Max covered a lot of big events for UPI including the Sunshine Mine Disaster inNorthern Idaho (his life was threatened there) and The American Legion NationalConvention in Portland, Ore., when Vietnam Peace protesters tried to shut it down.I lost track of Max in the later 1970s. I was wondering if anyone out there knewMax or what happened to him. Probably would be in his mid to late 70s by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham_line Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Max retired when UPI shut down and was working for some private clients and occasionally on the counter at Citizens Photo in Portland. Haven't seen him for a while, but haven't been in the store, either.Olympus made cash-strapped UPI a killer deal on equipping its photographers but the honeymoon was fairly short, from the stories I have been told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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