Leddy Brothers, Fort Worth Stockyards, 1988
Phil Vinson (’63) has been taking photographs since he was a teenager and still enjoys
weekend drives with his camera in tow. Fort Worth: A Personal View (TCU Press) showcases 40 years of his work in more than 100 photos, capturing architectural
details of the city he calls home and small towns to the north and west.
Vinson served as news editor of the Campus Chat at North Texas while earning his degree in journalism — “slash” sessions, critiques
of the work by the newspaper’s staff and faculty, still figure in his memories. He
went on to work for several Texas newspapers, opened his own photography business
and taught photojournalism at the University of Texas at Arlington before retiring
in 2005.
Vinson says he’s learned over the years that there’s no such thing as a photographer
getting too close to a subject — a philosophy reflected in the four decades of his
photos featured in the book.