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TribBlog: Photo Finish

by Elise Hu
November 17, 2009  |  4

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He just ordered new business cards. But by Tuesday afternoon, veteran photographer and Capitol treasure Harry Cabluck found out he wouldn't need them. Cabluck, 71, is one of two Texas-based Associated Press photographers to be laid off as part of the company-wide cuts.

His career has spanned more than fifty years — forty of which were spent at the AP. He was in the presidential motorcade on that balmy day in November 1963 when John F. Kennedy was shot, has photographed every president since then, and caught countless backroom moments of George W. Bush's run for the White House ...

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  • TexasDems wrote on 11/17/2009 6:26 p.m.

    Instead of a stirring series of tributes, essentially offering Mr. Cabluck up to the slow but persistent pull of that eternal tide, death, why doesn't the Texas Tribune offer him a job?

  • ehu wrote on 11/17/2009 7:32 p.m.

    Not a bad idea, Texas Dems, but the two aren't mutually exclusive.

  • mikmurphy wrote on 11/17/2009 7:50 p.m.

    I've had the great pleasure of working for, at times, and knowing, Harry for over a quarter century now. He's one of the most consistent persons I have ever had the pleasure of hanging out with. He's the ultimate professional, the ultimate photo editor, the ultimate AP guy; but above all, the ultimate human. The AP without Harry, and others like him, is greatly diminished and sadly, it seems the organization can't see that. Harry, here's a public shout-out of "THANKS" for all you did for me over the years!

    Mike Murphy, retired photo editor, Texas Highways

  • qoqbob wrote on 11/18/2009 3:55 p.m.

    Harry is the greatest friend I never met (in person). Over the course of a decade as an AP photo editor I had the honor, priviledge and the fun of talking to Harry almost daily as he filed his great images, called back to question any tweaks in toning and AP issues, life and all the breadth of experience. Good luck in your next endeavor, Harry. You are the great, an immaculate conception all your own.