McMurray, Bryant, 1947-

Nicholson, Joseph

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives

2016-12-14

1 audio file (57:46) : digital, MP3

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Bryant McMurray was a 69-year-old man at the time of the interview, which took place in his office in Fretwell Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in 1947. He was educated at the University of South Carolina and Appalachian State University, and was employed as a photojournalist, sports photographer, entrepreneur, and college teacher.

In this second part of a series of interviews, Bryant McMurray discusses the photographic equipment, camera models, and film types he employed throughout his career as a successful sports photojournalist as well as the techniques he used to capture both portrait and action shots. He describes the mental acuity and discipline needed to operate as a photographer in situations of considerable risk, the methods he used to establish rapport with photographic subjects, and the heightened state of awareness and focus—“the zone”—that professional photographers strive to achieve when on assignment. He also expands on the entrepreneurial methods he has developed to market and sell his work and describes the strategies he has used to organize his large photographic archive.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV production master file. Interview originally recorded on a Zoom H5 Handy Recorder.

Sports photographers
Photojournalists
College teachers
Businesspeople

McMurray, Bryant, 1947-

NASCAR (Association)
Charlotte Motor Speedway (Organization)

Motorsports
Photography of sports
Cameras--Equipment and supplies
Stock car racing
Photojournalism
Photography—Marketing
Portrait photography
Photographic collections--Management

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Concord
South Carolina—Rock Hill

Interviews
Oral histories

1950-2010

Bryant McMurray oral history interviews
Motorsports

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T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 1, 2005 December 7, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A128); T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 2, 2006 January 12, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A73); Bryant McMurray oral history interview 1, 2016 August 10 (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/motorsports%3A6379); Bryant McMurray oral history interview 1, 2016 August 10 (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/motorsports%3A6379); Bryant McMurray oral history interview 3, 2017 January 18 (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/motorsports%3A8880); Bryant McMurray oral history interview 4, 2017 April 26 (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/motorsports%3A10262).

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