
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 25, 1994                   TAG: 9402250131
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

GEORGE TAMES, PHOTOGRAPHER, DIES AT 75

George Tames, who photographed 11 presidents during nearly a half-century as a New York Times photographer based in Washington, is dead at age 75.

Tames, brother of James C. Tames of Roanoke, died Wednesday while undergoing heart surgery.

"He photographed [President Franklin] Roosevelt and [Vice President Harry] Truman . . . sitting on the White House lawn having breakfast and he was still at it 50 years later. That's an unparalleled run," said R.W. Apple Jr., chief of the Times' Washington bureau. "He had a wonderful eye."

President Eisenhower chose photos by Tames for his official portraits, and a postage stamp honoring Eisenhower was based on a picture by him.

Tames won many awards from the White House Press Photographers Association and other groups and was presented the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award for lifetime achievement.

by CNB