On 27 Apr 1948, he married Leonora Hutchinson, daughter of Lawrence Murden Hutchinson 1896–1986) and Madeleine Sophia Brown (1902–1998.) She was b. 24 Feb 1930 in Hancock Co GA and d. 1 Jul 2008 in Melrose, Putnam, FL. John and Leonora divorced in 1977.
John was a graduate of Sparta High School, a veteran of World War II, and attended the University of Miami on the G.I. bill, where he majored in music.
He was an accomplished jazz drummer and later became a nature photographer. His photographs were published in many national magazines and books and in his own books, "John Muir's Longest Walk", "To Look at Anything" and "Guale the Golden Coast of Georgia" with James Valentine.
Commended by the Georgia State Senate in 1977 as an environmentalist and photographer, he taught hundreds of students in Savannah, privately, then at Armstrong and Savannah College of Art and Design where he was a professor of photography and jazz history for twenty-five years.
He was a former board member of the Ossabaw Island Project and worked to help save the island from development. He served on the board of the Coastal Jazz Association.
John was a graduate of Sparta High School, a veteran of World War II, and attended the University of Miami on the G.I. bill, where he majored in music.
He was an accomplished jazz drummer and later became a nature photographer. His photographs were published in many national magazines and books and in his own books, "John Muir's Longest Walk", "To Look at Anything" and "Guale the Golden Coast of Georgia" with James Valentine.
Commended by the Georgia State Senate in 1977 as an environmentalist and photographer, he taught hundreds of students in Savannah, privately, then at Armstrong and Savannah College of Art and Design where he was a professor of photography and jazz history for twenty-five years.
He was a former board member of the Ossabaw Island Project and worked to help save the island from development. He served on the board of the Coastal Jazz Association.
On 27 Apr 1948, he married Leonora Hutchinson, daughter of Lawrence Murden Hutchinson 1896–1986) and Madeleine Sophia Brown (1902–1998.) She was b. 24 Feb 1930 in Hancock Co GA and d. 1 Jul 2008 in Melrose, Putnam, FL. John and Leonora divorced in 1977.
John was a graduate of Sparta High School, a veteran of World War II, and attended the University of Miami on the G.I. bill, where he majored in music.
He was an accomplished jazz drummer and later became a nature photographer. His photographs were published in many national magazines and books and in his own books, "John Muir's Longest Walk", "To Look at Anything" and "Guale the Golden Coast of Georgia" with James Valentine.
Commended by the Georgia State Senate in 1977 as an environmentalist and photographer, he taught hundreds of students in Savannah, privately, then at Armstrong and Savannah College of Art and Design where he was a professor of photography and jazz history for twenty-five years.
He was a former board member of the Ossabaw Island Project and worked to help save the island from development. He served on the board of the Coastal Jazz Association.
John was a graduate of Sparta High School, a veteran of World War II, and attended the University of Miami on the G.I. bill, where he majored in music.
He was an accomplished jazz drummer and later became a nature photographer. His photographs were published in many national magazines and books and in his own books, "John Muir's Longest Walk", "To Look at Anything" and "Guale the Golden Coast of Georgia" with James Valentine.
Commended by the Georgia State Senate in 1977 as an environmentalist and photographer, he taught hundreds of students in Savannah, privately, then at Armstrong and Savannah College of Art and Design where he was a professor of photography and jazz history for twenty-five years.
He was a former board member of the Ossabaw Island Project and worked to help save the island from development. He served on the board of the Coastal Jazz Association.
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