Frank Armstrong

Background

Frank Armstrong was born on September 10, 1935, in Henderson, Texas, United States.

Education

From 1960 to 1962, Frank Armstrong studied journalism at Kilgore College. From 1962 to 1965, he studied it at the University of Texas in Austin, United States.

Career

From 1969 to 1973, Frank Armstrong taught photojournalism at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, United States. He also worked as chief photographer for the University News Service and the Texas Student Publications for that period of time.

Achievements

• In 1979 Armstrong received a Dobie-Paisano Fellowship for Visual Artists and Writers, granted by the University of Texas and the Texas Institute of Letters.

Works

More photos

• Book (photos)

  • Often in Different Landscapes

    (A collection of 42 poems, with photos by Frank Armstrong.)

    1976

Personality

Frank Armstrong is an outstanding American photographer. He works mainly in large format, focusing on the "interaction of man with the landscape, whether intentional or unintentional, through symbols placed on the land".

Interests

• photography, journalism

Connections

coworker:

Leon Stokesbury