Semester at Sea and Brooks Institute Students Keep in mind Photographer Paul Liebhardt

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT)  A beloved Brooks Institute and Semester at Sea pictures teacher is being remembered for uplifting college students and pals to journey.

Paul Liebhardt labored at NASA earlier than taking a photograph of Mohammed Ali with a borrowed digicam that ended up in Sports Illustrated.

His college students, and pals celebrated his life on the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara.

Jonathan Kingston, Rob Winner, Thann Clark, John Tymitz, Randy Lewis and Dan Patitucci shared their reflections.

They talked about his many journeys to Guatemala. Dozens of his slides taken throughout these journeys ended up in Encyclopedia Britannica.

After a service that included a few of Liebhardt’s greatest images projected on the wall, these in attendance had an opportunity to decide on copies of his books, pictures, and humorous vacation postcards to take house.

Liebhardt appreciated to say ” As long as you are traveling toward the unknown, you’re on the right track.”

“Paul was such an amazing photographer because he connected with people and he did it so well and he was able to connect with people around the world and a lot of people got into photography because they thought they could hide behind the camera and you can’t hide behind the camera there is another person on that side and if you want a great picture you need to foster a relationship with them,” stated photographer Thann Clark,” and I think that is something we need to think about our place in the world and how we relate to other people in the world and I think that is Paul’s legacy.”

Liebhardt spent a decade on Semester at Sea voyages.

He proved taking pictures from behind may result in nice pictures together with one in every of South African bishop and theologian Desmond Tutu holding his spouse’s purse whereas on a stroll.

He additionally took pictures of hilarious and ironic indicators in India and different international locations.

Semester at Sea Vice President for Advancement on the Institute for Shipboard Education Heather Wisniewski was touched by the turnout.

“It has been great to see so many semester at sea folks here just celebrating who Paul is and what semester at sea did for him and so  may here just traveling and experience the world especially experiencing the world through the lens of a camera,” stated Wisniewski.

Friends continued the celebration of life by sharing tales of Liebhardt’s courses at Brooks and his travels on Semester at Sea at Shalhoobs within the Funk Zone.

Friends recalled he as soon as confirmed as much as a occasion the place he was honored soaking moist.

He had stated he could not make it resulting from being in Hawaii. He stated he swam to the ship.

Friends recall his mom being pleased with his accomplishments, whereas his father preferfed his work at NASA.

One day on the job he labored as a Secret Service member whereas President Kennedy was visiting.

In Santa Barbara and different location he grew to become an avid recycler who claimed to have made $100,000 recycling bottles and cans present in space trashcans.

Students stated he needed prints optically centered.

They additionally stated he did not simply take images he dissolved into the scene.

Liebhardt died from issues of a stroke final yr.

He was 86 years outdated.

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