Reid Blackburn

Reid Blackburn (August 11, 1952 - May 18, 1980) was a photographer killed in the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens.cite news | author = Ryll T, Olsen K | title = Overshadowed | work = The Columbian (Vancouver) | date = 2005-05-18 | accessdate = 2007-05-22 ] Blackburn was a photojournalist covering the eruption for a local newspaper - the Vancouver, Washington "Columbian" [cite web | title = Timeline of The Columbian Newspaper | work = | url = http://www.columbian.com/history/columbianhistory.cfm | accessdate = 2007-05-22] - as well as National Geographic magazine [cite journal | author = Stoler P | title = Slowly, the Wounds Begin to Heal | journal = Time magazine | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951689-2,00.html | date = 1981-05-18 | accessdate = 2007-05-22] when he was caught at Coldwater Camp in the blast. [cite journal | author = Findley R | title = Mount St. Helens: Nature on Fast Forward | journal = National Geographic | url = http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0005/fngm/index.html | year = 2000 | volume = May | accessdate = 2007-05-22] [cite web | title = Path of destruction: The lateral blast | work = Mount St. Helens: From the Ashes | url = http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/mountsthelens/laterblast.shtml | publisher = Seattle Post-Intelligencer | accessdate = 2007-05-22]

The National Press Photographers Association awards a competitive scholarship annually in Blackburn's honor.cite web | title = Reid Blackburn Scholarship| work = National Press Photographers Association| url = http://www.nppa.org/professional_development/students/scholarships/blackburn.html | accessdate = 2007-05-22]

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