Alumni Magazine - Spring 2008 - (Page 18) >>>INFOCUS on the board, it was closed out. When you finally thought you had one, you’d run down to one of the tables and have somebody approve it,” Bland says. “That was registration back then. It was totally different. The students today wouldn’t understand it.” He also spent a lot of time in the library — not necessarily studying. “Let’s not go there,” Bland says. “I got out with a two-point something. I didn’t do that much studying.” Evident from Bland’s contact sheets, he also spent a considerable amount of time photographing Blueprint “beauties.” But he’s quick to point out photos of campus construction, football games and fraternity and YMCA dances. “We shot a little of everything,” he says. Working for Wallace also brought Bland into contact with freelance photographer Bill Diehl, who took many pictures for the Georgia Tech Alumnus before focusing on the printed word and writing such novels as “Sharky’s Machine.” Before he was called up in 1962 for what would become more than a decade of military duty, Bland worked for Diehl. “Bill Diehl had started a little processing lab. There was nothing for a professional photographer. We processed film for anybody who wanted to pay the price. We did a lot for CocaCola and other major companies,” Bland says. Once his military service began, Bland’s days as a published photographer ended. He never saw Wallace or Diehl again. During a recent visit to campus, Bland carried a 35millimeter camera with him. He thought he’d take a stroll, maybe take a few pictures. GT As a student, Bob Bland chronicled life on the Tech campus. 18 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Spring 2008
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