f“
tenlperallleIlt~
photographerswelded together the necessary teemwork
required to produce superior wO_@ip.
was truly a joint effort as Am,
Navy, ~r
The photographic operation
Force and civilian tech-
nician worked well and equably on a common task.
13. The decentralizedphotographicorganizationwas selected
in preferenceto a verticle type of organization,which would have
placed SU the photographersin one task group operating under
centralizedcontrol. The individual technical groups received better
and more immediate photographic service by crews, who, through their
continuedftiiarity
with people and techniques, could devise solu-
tions to the innumerableproblems of lighting, angle of view, composition and storytellingquality. A verticle structure would have
simplifiedsupply control and indoctrinationof the photographers.
It would have been much easier to administer;however, the dispersed
organizationdid provide the greater service to the agencies desiring
photography. Thus, It can be seen that the immediate operational control of the photographicunits, whether air, tower or documentary,was
in many hands. The Staff
Photographer exercised technical supervision,
and upon him devolved responsibilityfor the quslity of the over-all
photography. Equipment, supplies and personnel were transferred as
the need arose. A close watch was maintained on the results achieved
by the individual photographersthrough the Zone of the Interior establishments of the 311th Air Mvision, and corrective action was taken in
the theater as needed. The early planning for the photographic phase,
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of the operation proved to be sound indeed as no changes to the basic
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