Classic Black and White Photojournalism by A. T. Willett Photographer Located in Tucson Arizona

This page will have my Classic Black and white images from working at the Tucson Citizen Newspapaer back in 1983-1985 From University of Arizona Football games to Car Accidents to Fires All kinds of news and classic photojournalism. since I have to scan all that work it will also be the last page completed maybe by March 2005

Coach From the University of California Pacific trying to come up with a plan to bring the team back into the game, they were down 14 points deep in the third quarter game against the University of Arizona Wildcats. Circa 1982-1983

When his foot touches the ground it is a 60 yard touch down from University of Arizona Wide reciever XXXXX in this game against University of Southern California Circa 1982

This 84 year old woman had been raped and beaten in her down town Tucson home. She did not want her face to be shown so she was photographed as a profile against the window. She was photographed as she recounted her attack for a story in The Newspaper back in 1985. I would imagine she is not around anymore but her image survives to keep her story alive.

Car Accident at 6th Street and Campbel Tucson Arizona and a crunched Chevette.

Ron Hoskinson, father of Vicky Lynn Hoskinson on the steps of Homer Davis Elementary school, saying a silent prayer hours after the abduction of Vicky Lynn, September 17th. 1984. This image was used on the front page of the Tucson Citizen Newspaper the next day. I remember shooting this and that I only shot the one frame as a photographer I do not feel I'm there to make the victims crime suffer by hounding them to get the great shot. I never think any of my subjects should feel like I'm there to just take something away from them. The other unusual thing about scanning this image was it the only frame on the strip of six, it is frame number 38 the rest is blank and then half a frame shows the lab at the Tucson Citizen as I removed the film from the camera.
Vicky Lynn had already been killed at this point but the family held out hope untill they arested Frank Jarvis Atwood in Texas. Her body was not found until April of 1985 scattered about the desert by coyotees west of the freeway. Having covered this story for the paper I was on the scene about an hour after she disappeared, I expected it to end like most stories, not a story at all where I would just see Vicky walking down the street with her worried mother and everything would be OK. Her killer is shown bellow and still waiting to be executed on death row 18 year later.

Listening to the judge, Frank Jarvis Atwood is being locked in hand cuffs, an ironic image which shows the calendar on the wall in the background. Counting his days Atwood still awaits his Death Sentence 18 years after he was found guilty for the child abduction and murder of eight year old Tucson resident Vicky Lynn Hoskinson on September 17th. 1984. This image was taken at his arraignment shortly after being arrested in Texas and brought back to Tucson to stand trail.

Huns Motorcycle gang Mooning the ladies and crowd at the Huns Fun Run 1983 Labor Day

Updated April 16, 2005 9:18 PM
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