Bernie Boston was an American photographer most noted for his iconic Flower Power image.
10 Facts About Bernie Boston
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Bernie Boston graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1955.
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Bernie Boston was a member of the Gamma Phi local fraternity and RIT, and after it became a chapter of Sigma Pi fraternity he was inducted into the national organization.
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Bernie Boston started his news photography career in Dayton, Ohio with the Dayton Daily News.
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Bernie Boston moved back to Washington to work at The Washington Star and was director of photography when the newspaper folded in 1981.
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Bernie Boston then was hired by the Los Angeles Times to establish a photo operation in the nation's capital.
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Bernie Boston was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for a 1987 photograph of Coretta Scott King unveiling a bust of her late husband, the Rev Martin Luther King Jr.
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Bernie Boston taught photojournalism classes at Northern Virginia Community College and Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Bernie Boston attributed his success to his knowledge of his equipment.
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Bernie Boston died at his home in Basye, Virginia, on January 22,2008, of amyloidosis.