Fighter with a camera: Renown photographer, who battled COVID-19, will celebrate turning 98 with a virtual show
“The Violinist,” 1947, by Tony Vaccaro. Courtesy of Monroe Gallery ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tony Vaccaro reigns as one of the few people to have battled both COVID-19 and the beaches of Normandy. The photographer will celebrate his 98th birthday with a virtual show at Santa Fe’s Monroe Gallery of Photography through Jan. 17, at monroegallery.com. Vaccaro contracted Covid early in the pandemic – in April. He spent two days in the hospital. ................................................................ “He couldn’t walk from room to room,” his daughter-in-law Maria said in a teleph...
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