Durrance recently returned from a three-day conference at the Pentagon where he and fellow DASPO photographers had the opportunity to view for the first time the photos they took for the U. Sponsored by the U. From the moment he reported for duty in until he was discharged in , Durrance shot gritty, often haunting images. One of his most memorable photos depicts an exhausted, solemn soldier sitting outside his pup tent. Other photos reveal the stark desolation of the bombed jungle, rockets lighting the night sky above Saigon, prisoner interrogations, and the simple sadness of an empty pair of boots.

Richard Henry Durrance October 23, — June 13, [1] was a time national championship alpine ski racer and one of the first Americans to compete successfully against Europeans. Durrance was born in Tarpon Springs, Florida , and moved with his family at age 13 in to Munich , Germany , where he learned to ski at nearby Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Durrance raced competitively in Germany and won the German Junior Alpine Championship in at age With the rise of Hitler , the family returned to the United States and he attended Dartmouth College in and won at Sestriere , Italy , the first American to dominate at a major European ski race.

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Described by a former director of photography at National Geographic as one of the most versatile photographers of his generation, Dick Durrance brings to corporate executives, association leaders, medical professionals, financial entrepreneurs and students a uniquely comprehensive understanding of pictures and how images can help them tell their personal and professional stories. Demonstrating how powerfully pictures and words can work together, he recently shared pictures and notes from a photographic journal he kept from the moment he reported to the U. The presentation brought the 5, members of the audience to their feet for a sustained standing ovation.