Photojournalists are like athletes

“Anne Wilkes Tucker, curator of photography at the MFAH, …said she strongly disagrees with those who attribute [photojournalist] Garcia’s success to dumb luck. “When Willie Mays was exactly in the outfield where the ball came down, that was not an accident,” she said. “Photojournalists are like athletes in that way.”

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