William Kurt Sacco, February 10, 2024

William Kurt Sacco, February 10, 2024

My best friend at Yale, Bill Sacco, passed away on February 10th, 2024.  Bill was one of the most talented photographers of our generation.

Our friendship began in sophomore year on the day we moved into Silliman College.  While everyone else was upstairs trying to make their new rooms livable, Bill and I converged downstairs in Silliman’s photographic darkroom.  We both looked at the enlarger.  “Schneider lenses,” I observed.  “Yes, but no Tiffin filters,” Bill commented.  Professional colleagues whom you also like!  This is one of the gifts that Yale can give.

Picture this: A coffee-table book of stunning and alarming photographs for you, for free

Picture this: A coffee-table book of stunning and alarming photographs for you, for free

Editor’s Note:  Classmates Bill Sacco, a professional photographer, and Jim Porter, a Ph.D. scientist, have been working hard to bring Bill’s stunningly beautiful coffee-table book, A Photographic Guide to the Caribbean Coral Reef, to a bookstore near you.

When this book is printed, its 200+ pages and more than 500 color photographs will drive the cover price quite high.  But Bill has generously offered all classmates early-bird access to a high-resolution pdf of the final draft for FREE!

Read on and download your copy at the end of this post.

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