Bette Garber
Bette S. Garber | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | November 18, 1942
Died | November 13, 2008 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | (aged 65)
Occupation | Photojournalist |
Nationality | American |
Bette S. Garber (November 18, 1942 – November 13, 2008) was an American photojournalist known for her fashion photographs and pictures of customized semi-trucks.[1] She worked for Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine and published several books.[2]
Formative years
Garber was born in Chicago on November 18, 1942. She attended the University of Illinois and earned a bachelor's degree of English in 1964. After college, she worked as a copywriter and married Charles Garber.
Career
In 1970, Garber and her husband founded Structure Probe, an electron microscopy company. Working for their company, she was often on the road. During the mid-1970s, she purchased a CB radio to enable her to obtain traffic reports. The CB radio also picked up trucker communications and conversations and it was this that first sparked her interest in the world of big trucks. She began taking pictures of the trucks she encountered, and then also started writing stories about the trucks and their drivers, which she submitted to trucking magazines. Eventually, she left Structure Probe, and for the next thirty years, devoted herself full-time to her passion for trucking photojournalism.
Death
Garber died in Philadelphia from pneumonia at the age of sixty-five on November 13, 2008.[1]
Publications
- Custom Semi Trucks. MBI Publishing Company, 2003. (ISBN 0760314594)
- Big Rigs. MBI Publishing Company, 2004. (ISBN 0760319960)
- Custom Semi. MBI Publishing Company, 2005. (ISBN 0760321337)
- Ultra-Custom Semi Trucks. MBI Publishing Company, 2008. (ISBN 0760332924)
References
- ^ a b Fox, Margalit (November 22, 2008)."Bette S. Garber Dies at 65; Saw the Beauty in Big Rigs". The New York Times
- ^ Soendke, Sandi (November 14, 2008). "Trucking community mourns loss of photographer Bette Garber". Land Line Magazine.
External links
- Bette S. Garber Photographs. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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- 1942 births
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- American photojournalists
- Deaths from pneumonia in Pennsylvania
- 20th-century American people
- 21st-century American women
- American women photojournalists
- 20th-century American women photographers
- 20th-century American photographers