My father used to work for the Topeka Capital Journal back in the 1960's under Rich Clarkson. Everyone from Rich's tutelage came back last year for a big reunion to honor his retirement. One of the photographers that returned is married to a woman (Patty Settle) who has been an artist all her life and she created this patch to go on the back of the black bomber jackets tat they had made to commemorate the reunion.
For those of you that aren't familiar with Kansas, the wheat and sunflowers are two of their biggest crops, the tornado (the most destructive natural phenomena in US History until Katrina came along) is represented on the left and the city's capital building on the right. For those of you that remember the days of print film, the camera and flash should look vaguely familiar as well.
I love photography because it allows someone like me who can't draw a stick figure to be artistic - this woman designed this patch freehand. It totally blows my mind!






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