| Title |
Thomas B. Szalay Oral History Interview |
| Creator |
Szalay, Thomas B.; Heers, Mary |
| Contributor |
Utah Humanities |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date |
2017-02-25 |
| Spatial Coverage |
City of Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/11788968/city-of-ogden.html |
| Subject |
High school; Journalism; Newspaper publishing; Oral histories; Orphans; Photography; Photojournalism; Refugees--Somalia; Romania; Self-publishing; Teachers; Weber State University; Work; Ogden, Utah |
| Description |
Oral history interview by Mary Heers with Thomas B. Szalay. Topics include: A move from California to Utah for a job at the Standard-Examiner in Ogden; Work in photojournalism and a change to teaching at Weber State University and West High School in Salt Lake; Changes in photography over the past twenty years that he has teaching high school; Crediting photojournalist, Ernst Haas, for inspiring his to study of photography; Enjoying learning about different cultures and creating photo essays; Self publishing a book, Even the Sparrow Has Found a Home, about a Romanian orphan; Working on a photo essay about Somali Refugees in Utah; The cultural diversity of West High School and other projects he is interested in working on. |
| Collection Number and Name |
MSS D 4 Utah Humanities Utah Works Oral History Collection, 2017 |
| Holding Institution |
Utah Historical Society |
| Abstract |
Mr. Tom Szalay moved to Utah in 1994 to be a photographer for the Standard Examiner, in Ogden. From that job, he started teaching at Weber State, and then at West High School (in Salt Lake City, Utah). He talks about his love of teaching photography, as well as some personal photo essay projects he's worked on throughout his career. |
| Type |
Text; Sound |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary genre) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
11 pages; 00:34:19 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s69fk2ds |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Amy Larsen Green |
| Setname |
dha_uhuwohp |
| ID |
2769052 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69fk2ds |
