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Re: RIP - Pat Swovelin
ptgroup 2012-Jun-07 13:23:00
I just got back from a longer work with no internet and read the sad news.
My respect and consolidation to the family - we lost a great member of the community which I am
proud to have known.
ciao Pat and RIP
mike
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Von: #removed# [mailto:#removed#] Im Auftrag von Landis Bennett
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Mai 2012 07:03
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Betreff: Re: RIP - Pat Swovelin
Landis' gerbil heard the news, got loose on his keyboard, and had absolutely no idea what to say.
Pat was an amazing collaborator for the World Wide Panorama and of each of the participants as more
than just photographers but as individuals.
I found out that Pat had passed away from all your emails as I downloaded them right before my trip
home from my last training flight with my new airline. Pat was a huge supporter of my endeavor and
teased me often about my wanting to stay in the airplane while he, as an avid skydiver, avoided ever
landing with the pilot.
I've been away from the WWP for a bit while pursuing my new career but I'd been paying attention to
the behind-the-scenes machinations where Pat would do everything he could to push the WWP when those
of us who started it and participated early on had lost some of the energy to operate it as it
deserved. Pat stepped up and stepped it up.
In that vein I'd definitely like to see us all step it up and participate in this upcoming event
with Pat in mind. Pat wrote the essay for heritage and had some wonderful ideas and I think it would
be fitting for us to honor the heritage he brought to the WWP by making this a record event in his
honor. Please join me at this sad time and honor Pat with a panorama for heritage.
As he'd say: Let's get out there and shoot some panoramas!
-Landis
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