Favorite Moments of the Year

Written By John Slemp

This morning I received word that my gift of a Bomber Boys: WWII Flight Jacket Art book to an Opelika resident made the Favorite Moments of the Year list in the Opelika-Auburn News. We were at the home of WWII B-24 navigator Lt. Col. Orrin "Boody" Brown (Ret.), who was a member of the famous "Carpetbaggers." They performed top secret missions during the war dropping supplies, leaflets, and agents into occupied Europe months before the D-Day invasion as part of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which became the modern-day CIA.

Now 103 years old, Col. Brown was born in Opelika, and it was a pleasure to have met and photographed him. He is shown wearing his original Class A uniform blouse, which he mentioned was custom-tailored in London during the war.

John Slemp

John’s 30 year career has seen him create images for a wide variety of advertising, corporate, and editorial clients worldwide.

After almost 11 years in the US Army, John attended Atlanta’s Portfolio Center, and later assisted established commercial photographers for five years.

Oscar winners, Olympic champions, astronauts, musicians, artists, pilots, veterans and regular people have all been captured by John’s lenses.

An experienced, innovative, and award winning commercial photographer, he deftly brings studio techniques to location work.

John is increasingly involved in showcasing his work through galleries and museums, and is currently writing a book about WWII “bomber jackets.”

Past clients include: The Company of Others and Innis Maggiore ad agencies, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Epps Aviation, Goodyear Aviation Tires, EAA’s Sport Aviation magazine, General Aviation News, Smithsonian Air & Space magazine, Jet Support Services International, Avfuel, The Lindbergh Foundation, and Women in Aviation International.

A long-time member of the American Society of Media Photographers, John served 5 years on the national board, and twice as the Atlanta/SE chapter president.

http://www.johnslemp.com
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