ONPA’s first still Photographer of the Year, Herral Long is retiring from The Blade after 58 plus years. Long reflected on his career in a story by Ryan E. Smith in The Blade on Sunday saying, “I’ve been, since early on, just mystified by the ability to just press a button and capture reality.”
The online version of the story also has a video by Andy Morrison. In the video Long said he probably photographed half the people in Toledo during his time at the paper.
I’m not hear to challenge that statement but will add there have been many memorable images taken by Long.
Long showed some of his work at an ONPA convention not long ago and you could see his eyes just light up when he talked about photography. This wasn’t some guy riding off into the sunset, there was still a lot of passion left.
I’ve got a feeling Herral will try to catch up to that other half of Toledo he hasn’t got to yet.
